ZAGREB ZAGREB, Sept 23 (Hina) - The Croatian Government on Thursday was informed of yesterday's triple murder in the Zagreb municipal court and expressed the deepest condolences to the families of the killed victims, Interior Minister
Ivan Penic told reporters after the Government's session.
ZAGREB, Sept 23 (Hina) - The Croatian Government on Thursday was
informed of yesterday's triple murder in the Zagreb municipal court
and expressed the deepest condolences to the families of the killed
victims, Interior Minister Ivan Penic told reporters after the
Government's session.#L#
On Wednesday, Mato Oraskic (28) killed his ex-wife, Gordana Oraskic
(26), a judge Ljiljana Hvalec (39), and his wife's attorney, Hajra
Prohic (43), and wounded a typist Wednesday morning in a shooting
spree during a divorce settlement discussion in court in Zagreb.
The killer Oraskic was apprehended by police at Bregana, the
Croatian-Slovene border crossing, 30 minutes after the heinous
crime happened.
According to a statement which Justice Minister Zvonimir Separovic
gave yesterday, the shooting occurred as a result of slack security
at the municipal court, as Oraskic took the weapon inside despite an
automatic and hand-held metal detector at the court entrance. There
were four court police officers and one justice police officer
working at the court at the time the shooting occurred.
Today Minister Penic said all bodies of the state administration
must devote more attention on and allocate greater means for their
security.
Asked how Oraskic could pass into the municipal court despite an
automatic and hand-held metal detector, Penic said the Interior
Ministry was not authorised to protect courts but it is within
jurisdiction of justice police and their security services.
According to given statements of eye-witnesses and an
investigation into this murder, Oraskic passed through the land
registry department avoiding detectors and sneaked into the
building of the court, Penic explained.
The minister reiterated that Oraskic, a former policeman, had been
suspended from his duty on 19 August this year due to having
committed theft. Upon his suspension, his badge and pistol were
taken back by police. During the arrest, a "walter" pistol was found
in Oraskic's car and he possessed that weapon illegally.
According to his health records, Oraskic has never been treated for
any mental disorder of illness.
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