ZAGREB, Aug 30, 2020 - An 11-year- girl, whose disappearance was reported by a group of migrants after they were discovered at the Slunj military range on Friday afternoon, has not yet been found, and army troops and police are engaged an intensive search for the child, the police directorate in Karlovac said on Sunday.
The police press release recalls that when thirteen foreign citizens who had illegally crossed the Croatian border were identified and detained at the Eugen Kvaternik Military Range on Friday at about 6.30 pm, they reported that a female child aged 12 had gone missing from the group.
Immediately, the intensive search was launched and is still underway.
The Karlovac police also reported today that of those 13 migrants, seven are adults, and six are minors, and they have expressed their intention to seek international protection.
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