MEMORIAL TO FALLEN SERB SOLDIERS CONSECRATED IN STROJICE

ŠIPOVO, OCTOBER 23 /SRNA/ – A memorial dedicated to members of the Republika Srpska Army's Military Schools Centre who were killed in the Vitorog area was consecrated today in Strojice, near Šipovo, in the presence of Republika Srpska Minister of Labour, War Veterans and Disabled Persons Protection Radan Ostojić.

The ceremony was attended by representatives of the fallen soldiers' families, General Momir Zec, Chair of the Presidency of the Republika Srpska War Veterans Organisation Milovan Gagić, and Rade Banjanin, representing the Republika Srpska Army Pensioners Association.

A memorial service was also held for the nine fallen members of the Military Schools Centre.

Following the service, wreaths and flowers were laid by Ostojić, Gagić, and General Zec, who represented the Banja Luka War Veterans Organisation, as well as by family members of the fallen soldiers.

Among those paying their respects were representatives of the Braća Orelj Club, which organised the consecration ceremony, and a delegation of the Šipovo War Veterans Organisation.

Representatives of the municipalities of Jezero and Petrovac-Drinić also attended the event.

The Braća Orelj Club is named after twin brothers who were killed on the Bihać front while serving as members of the Military Schools Centre.