KOPRIVNICA/ZAGREB, March 9 (Hina) - Police have established that a border police who said an attempt had been made at his life had in fact wounded himself through improperly handling his gun and then falsely reported that two men had
shot him, Koprivnica police said on Sunday.
KOPRIVNICA/ZAGREB, March 9 (Hina) - Police have established that a
border police who said an attempt had been made at his life had in
fact wounded himself through improperly handling his gun and then
falsely reported that two men had shot him, Koprivnica police said
on Sunday. #L#
In the early morning of March 7, border policeman Stjepan Majnovic
wounded himself in the abdomen by incautiously handling his gun
while patrolling the border with Hungary with another officer.
Attempting to hide the accident, he falsely reported that he and his
colleague, while inside a car near Novo Virje in northern Croatia,
had spotted two men, of whom one in a camouflage uniform, coming
towards Croatia across the Drava river in a rubber boat. When they
reached the Croatian bank, one of the two shot at him, Majnovic
falsely claimed, thus committing the crime of false reporting of a
crime.
The incident was intensively investigated all over the weekend.
Disciplinary proceedings will be instigated against the two border
policemen and they will be laid off, Koprivnica-Krizevci County
police decided.
(hina) ha