"There were no casualties in the attack, although one bullet hit the spot where the helmsman was standing, but who had fortunately bent down," Ivica Miljac told numerous reporters following an on-site investigation by the police and the Split port authorities.
Miljac thanked Italian port authorities for their intervention. He said that the ship would sail out for Italy tomorrow again, adding that he hoped similar incidents would not happen again.
The Italian fishing boat "Ornella II" opened fire on the Croatian ship off the Italian port of Pescara on Thursday morning, but no one was injured in the incident, Hina learned from the Croatian Foreign Ministry, which sent a protest note to the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome.
The Croatian Centre for Search and Rescue at Sea informed the Croatian ministry that the Italian boat separated from a group of four fishing boats and fired four shots at the Croatian boat, which was on its way from Pescara to Split. A window on the Croatian ship was shattered.