ITALIAN CITIZEN DIES AFTER CONFRONTATION WITH POLICE

( Editorial: --> 7949 ) ZAGREB/SPLIT, Sept 3 (Hina) - An Italian citizen succumbed to injuries on Thursday after a confrontation with police. Riccardo Cetina, 44, resisted arrest for disorderly conduct in a Split restaurant on Tuesday, attacking a police officer who was called to the scene to intervene. Due to injuries sustained when police used force to contain Cetina, he was hospitalised in the central Adriatic town of Sibenik, from where he was later transferred to Split. According to an Interior Ministry statement, the case is being investigated by internal affairs and police. Doctor of duty at the Split hospital, Antun Bacic, told Hina on Thursday afternoon that Cetina had been admitted on Wednesday night and had been in a coma. According to Bacic, Cetina died from contusions and haemorrhaging in the brain. Before being taken to the hospital in Split, Cetina underwent at CAT scan and the above mentioned injuries were registered. The neuro- surgeon established that brain functions had ceased, and surgery was futile. Cetina was put on a respirator, but suffered cardiac arrest on Thursday evening. Cetina's body was transported to pathology and an autopsy will be performed on Friday morning. Bacic could not say how Cetina had sustained the injuries, but that the autopsy would reveal the cause. (hina) lml 032116 MET sep 98