4 bodies recovered from rivers in Croatia near Slovenian border

Croatian police on Sunday reported the recovery of four male bodies from the Kupa and Mreznica rivers in Karlovac County, central Croatia, on Saturday afternoon, reported Xinhua. The Karlovac Police Administration said investigations and autopsies are underway to determine the identities of the deceased and the exact causes of death. The discovery sites are located in the border region between Croatia and Slovenia. According to a police statement, the first body was spotted by a citizen shortly after noon on Saturday in the Kupa River near Sracak. Members of the Croatian Mountain Rescue Service (HGSS), assisted by local police, recovered the unidentified man. Later that afternoon, acting on information from Slovenian police regarding two more bodies in the Kupa River at Gornje Prilisce, officers from Duga Resa and Slovenian firefighters conducted a joint operation to retrieve the two unidentified men from the water. This section of the Kupa River forms a natural border between the two countries. In the evening, a fourth male body was discovered in the Mreznica River in Gornji Zvecaj. The incidents follow a similar discovery earlier this month in nearby Donje Prilisce, where four illegal migrants were found dead and two others were hospitalized. Local media reported that police are expected to investigate possible links between these cases and regional migration activities.

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