VRSAR, March 28 (Hina) - Last night around 8:50 pm, an unidentified person, shooting from fire arms from small distance, killed Anton Marcelo Popovic (born 1943) while he was returning home. Popovic was killed in front of his house
door, a statement from the Istria Police station said.
VRSAR, March 28 (Hina) - Last night around 8:50 pm, an unidentified
person, shooting from fire arms from small distance, killed Anton
Marcelo Popovic (born 1943) while he was returning home. Popovic
was killed in front of his house door, a statement from the Istria
Police station said. #L#
Popovic died before the arrival of ambulance.
Popovic was the main director of the tourist company 'Anita-
Vrsar', councilor of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in the
Vrsar Municipal Council, member of the County Chambers of Commerce
in Pula, member of the Executive Committee of the Croatian Football
Association and Vice President of the Istria County Football
Association. Popovic was also former Croatian Tourism Minister.
An investigation is under way.
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