SISAK, Nov 19 (Hina) - The Socialist Labour Party (SRP) president, Stipe Suvar, said ahead of Wednesday evening's election rally in Sisak that "last night's attack on two SRP members while they were sticking posters with his image and
the party slogan 'Consistency' has a political meaning".
SISAK, Nov 19 (Hina) - The Socialist Labour Party (SRP) president,
Stipe Suvar, said ahead of Wednesday evening's election rally in
Sisak that "last night's attack on two SRP members while they were
sticking posters with his image and the party slogan 'Consistency'
has a political meaning". #L#
Earlier on Wednesday, Suvar issued a press release saying that "in
Sisak two men were brutally attacked while sticking (SRP) posters"
and that one of the attacked men is the head of the SRP local branch
in the Sisak area, Miroslav Tadic, who is the second candidate of
the SRP slate in constituency No. 6, and the other attacked man is
also the party's activist.
Miroslav Tadic told Hina that "while sticking SRP posters at the
Caprag market in Sisak he and his colleague were attacked by a man
whom he does not know," and he added that he could not assert whether
this was a politically-motivated assault. Tadic also went to a
police station in Sisak on Wednesday morning to ask the police
whether the attacker was identified and on that occasion he was told
that the man in question was a mentally ill person.
According to Tadic, the man attacked him and his colleague with a
beer bottle, a screw driver and a scalpel.
After the attack Tadic, who said he had been stabbed seven times by
the screw driver, also lost conscience for a short period while he
was at hospital.
Medical assistance was offered to him in the Sisak hospital , and
the local police were notified of the event. After that police
officers quickly arrived in hospital and questioned Tadic about the
attack. After being examined by doctors, Tadic was released from
the hospital.
A spokesman for Sisak Moslavina Police Department, Miroslav
Horvat, said that the police registered "a case of disturbance of
public order and peace in 00:20 hrs Thursday and that three
perpetrators were involved in it."
According to Horvat, the three men first verbally clashed and after
that the fight erupted. One of them suffered light physical
injuries, according to a report of the Sisak hospital, Horvat said
adding that charges would be pressed against all of them for
misdemeanour.
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