Assassination of Ivo Pukanić
| Assassination of Ivo Pukanić | |
|---|---|
The parking lot in Palmotićeva Street, two days after Ivo Pukanić was assassinated. Curious citizens and a TV camera still observe the location. | |
| Location | Downtown Zagreb, Croatia |
| Coordinates | 45°48′48″N 15°58′57″E / 45.813457°N 15.982570°E |
| Date | 23 October 2008 18:10 (UTC+2) |
| Target | Ivo Pukanić |
| Weapons | Motorcycle bomb |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrators | Serbian mafia Montenegrin and Croatian organized crime groups |
The assassination of Ivo Pukanić happened on 23 October 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia, when a remote-detonation car bomb fitted on a motorcycle outside the Nacional newspaper's premises killed the owner of the newspaper, Ivo Pukanić, and Niko Franjić, its marketing manager, and injured two more people. The explosion occurred in the centre of the capital at 18:10 local time (16:10 GMT). Numerous arrests of suspects around the country followed. A subsequent police investigation accused Croatian and Serbian organized crime groups of perpetrating the bombing. Eight people suspected of having connections to organised crime groups were indicted. Six were later convicted over the murders with prison terms ranging from 15 to 40 years.