CROATIAN POLICE CONFIRM IGRIC IS ATTACKER ON BUS DRIVER IN USA

ZAGREB, Oct 5 (Hina) - The Croatian Interior Ministry on Friday confirmed that Croatian Damir Igric, 29, was the person who attacked a bus driver in Tennessee, causing the death of six passengers. "Using dactyloscopy we have identified Igric as the attacker," Nino Jaklin of the ministry's public relations office told Hina. He added that the results of the research had been forwarded to the US authorities. Two days ago, Igric, a resident of Slavonski Brod, attacked the bus driver and caused the bus to overturn killing six people, including himself. Igric was born in 1972. He arrived in the United States in 1999 with a visa issued by the US Embassy in Zagreb. It expired in the meantime. Speculation to the effect that criminal charges had been filed against Igric for the use and trafficking of drugs and illegal possession of firearms has not been confirmed. The Slavonski Brod department for Croatian veterans yesterday confirmed Igric was a Homeland Defence War soldier, active in the 108th brigade from July 1991 to the end of the same year, after which he was a member of the 3rd Guard Brigade until January 1993. (hina) lml