PRIVREDNA BANKA ZAGREB DIRECTOR PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED

ZAGREB, Sept 30 (Hina) - Two unidentified assailants beat up and heavily injured Bozo Prka, the director of Privredna Banka Zagreb, on the staircase of his house on Monday morning. #L# Prka has been admitted to a Zagreb hospital where he is receiving treatment. The director of the hospital, Miran Martinac, told Hina that Prka, aged 44, had sustained several blows to the head, probably with a wooden bat. His left hand bone was broken and he was under stress when admitted, Martinac said. Zagreb police, mentioning only Prka's initials, said the two assailants had attacked Prka around 8:30 hours Monday morning on the ground floor of his apartment building while he was leaving for work. One of the assailants sprayed Prka with pepper spray, while the other hit him on the head and hand, using what is believed to have been a wooden bat. The police are continuing their investigation to discover and arrest the assailants, as well as establish the motives for the attack. (hina) lml sb