WORLD IN BRIEF : YUGOSLAVIA : Serbs in Croatia Declare Autonomy
Minority Serbs declared self-government in the Republic of Croatia and blocked roads and train lines, fueling fears that the rising confrontation could lead to ethnic strife, news reports and witnesses said. The Serbian National Council, based in the town of Knin, said it was assuming political control of Croatia’s Serbian enclaves of about 600,000 people “to protect their human dignity, human and national rights.” The nationalist government of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman had no immediate response.
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