Croatia: Interior Ministry turned a blind eye on Pukanic assassination
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The admission of police officer Nenad Sipusic that he failed to save the lives of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic is just the latest in a series of situations that demonstrates the police's responsibility for the murder of Nacional's then CEO and columnist.
The testimony of police officer Nenad Sipusic this Monday at the trials of the assassins of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic before Zagreb County Court caused consternation, shock and disbelief in the Croatian public, when it was learned that a high-ranking police official could have saved the lives of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic. This is also the opinion of a high-ranking USKOK official involved in the case of the murders of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic. "Nenad Sipusic could have saved the lives of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic.
At the time he learned from Amir Mafalani that Robert Matanic and his accomplices were preparing a high-profile murder in the centre of Zagreb he was the head of the organised crime department at Zagreb's sixth police station, the largest in Croatia.
As a result he had to have known who Robert Matanic was, especially at the time of the psychosis that had gripped Zagreb following the murder of Ivana Hodak. Rather than report this information, he choose not to reveal it. Had he reacted, Robert Matanic could have been put on covert surveillance, tailing and eavesdropping four days ahead of the assassination, and the crime could have been prevented, and all of the conspirators arrested," Nacional has been told by the USKOK source, who says that it is unbelievable that this kind of police officer is still employed, but also noting that Sipusic could, after these revelations, hardly avoid a serious professional degradation.
The testimony of police officer Nenad Sipusic this Monday at the trials of the assassins of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic before Zagreb County Court caused consternation, shock and disbelief in the Croatian public, when it was learned that a high-ranking police official could have saved the lives of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic. This is also the opinion of a high-ranking USKOK official involved in the case of the murders of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic. "Nenad Sipusic could have saved the lives of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic.
At the time he learned from Amir Mafalani that Robert Matanic and his accomplices were preparing a high-profile murder in the centre of Zagreb he was the head of the organised crime department at Zagreb's sixth police station, the largest in Croatia.
As a result he had to have known who Robert Matanic was, especially at the time of the psychosis that had gripped Zagreb following the murder of Ivana Hodak. Rather than report this information, he choose not to reveal it. Had he reacted, Robert Matanic could have been put on covert surveillance, tailing and eavesdropping four days ahead of the assassination, and the crime could have been prevented, and all of the conspirators arrested," Nacional has been told by the USKOK source, who says that it is unbelievable that this kind of police officer is still employed, but also noting that Sipusic could, after these revelations, hardly avoid a serious professional degradation.
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