ZAGREB, March 1 (Hina) - A car of the co-owner and the chairman of the board of directors of the press publishing company "Europapress Holding", burned down in a blast of an explosive device planted under the vehicle, Zagreb police
reported on Saturday morning.
ZAGREB, March 1 (Hina) - A car of the co-owner and the chairman of
the board of directors of the press publishing company "Europapress
Holding", burned down in a blast of an explosive device planted
under the vehicle, Zagreb police reported on Saturday morning. #L#
Nobody sustained injuries in the explosion and fire, and police are
intensively searching for a perpetrator of this incident. It is
still unknown which type of the device was planted and when exactly
it had been planted under the front part of the mercedes of Ninoslav
Pavic.
The car with Zagreb licence plates was parked in front of Pavic's
house in the Tuskanac residential area.
The explosion shook the street at about 4 am Saturday, and a
neighbour whose windows were damaged in the blast reported to the
police. Immediately after the explosion the car was set ablaze and
soon completely burnt.
A few windows of nearby houses were damaged in the explosion.
A spokeswoman for Zagreb police said the police had contacted Pavic
who did not ask for being protected by the police, neither did he
complain of receiving any threats.
The damage caused in this incident is estimated to some 400,000 kuna
(52.5 thousand euros)
(hina) ms