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(4 May 1995) Natural Sound
Rebel Serb forces in Pakrac, a town in Croatia, have surrendered today (Thursday) after a day of fierce fighting.
It was believed to be the biggest Serb surrender since Serbs and Croats launched a bitter 1991 war that killed more than 10,000 people and left the Serbs in control of one-third of Croatia.
A UN tank rolled into Pakrac Thursday - to witness the last moments of the fight for the town. Serb soldiers in the town had just surrendered to the Croat army.
Croatian soldiers searched the town inch by inch to flush out the last rebels.
Even people's backyards were inspected as Croat soldiers did a house-to-house search, checking indoors as well as out.
The surrendering Serbs, which included top military and civilian officials, were rounded up with their hands above their heads. Women and children were also marched out onto the streets.
The Serb officer who announced the Serbs were giving themselves up said a further 5,000 Serbs were ready to surrender - making this apparently the biggest Serb surrender since Serbs and Croats declared war in 1991.
One Serb was arrested on the spot, although it was not immediately clear why.
Pakrac has been the centre of intense fighting today as rebel Serbs fought to keep control of the town, only 90 kilometres from the Croatian capital, Zagreb.
Croatia's army appears to have completed most of an operation to recapture one of three pockets of its territories held by the Serbs.
But there were still Serbs in the woods around Pakrac and Croatian soldiers admitted that today's surrender was not the end.
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