Unknown perpetrators desecrated the memorial to the fallen citizens of Vukovar not far from Kupres, where the Croatian President laid a wreath and lit candles last week, the Herzegovina Neretva Canton (HNK) police said Thursday. 

The Croatian flag was set on fire, the plinth in the shape of a cross was broken, and the wreaths and candles placed there were scattered. The police conducted an investigation at the scene of the incident on Kupres Field and found the remains of a burned flag, and damage to the memorial at the place where wreaths are laid and candles lit. 

The cantonal Interior Ministry reported that they are “intensively searching for the perpetrators”.