Chara G. Garmon
10/24/08
SOC 202
Global Crime
3:10 PM
Published on Thursday by the Associated Press, two men were killed in a car bombing in downtown Zagreb, Croatia. One of the men was a prominent journalist named Ivo Pukanic, who was the editor-in-chief and owner of a political weekly paper; the Nacional. The other man was Niko Franjic, who was the marketing director of the NCL Media Group, which publishes the Nacional and other newspapers; Mr. Pukanic owned this media group. The Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and the president of Croatia believe the bombing to be an assassination. Investigations are still underway to determine whether the mob or terrorists were responsible for the crime. “Is it Mafia or terrorism?” Mr. Sanader asked. “That’s too early to say.” About six months ago, Mr. Pukanic reported that someone tried to kill him in front of his home and police officers were assigned to protect him. In August, he asked that the officers no longer do this. The bomb that killed the two men was hidden and completely destroyed the vehicle of Mr. Pukanic.
I’m not exactly sure why Mr. Pukanic was a target in such a killing. I guess one could assume that something published in his political weekly paper or one of the other various newspapers that are released through his media group could have been the cause. I don’t think that whoever did this really intended for Mr. Franjic to be killed, but simply found the chance to kill Mr. Pukanic. Unfortunately, these car bombings are happening frequently overseas. The good news is the government seems to be concerned and willing to get to the bottom of it. Though you cannot always trust in the government solely, I feel that they are genuinely concerned and want to get to the bottom of the situation at hand. Probably even to figure out if their safety as a nation is in jeopardy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/world/europe/24croatia.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
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