Along with the shock at the news of the murder of Ivo Pukanić and Niko Franić, my body reacted instantly with an endless amount of shame. I was ashamed because last spring I did not believe Ivo Pukanić when he said that an assassination attempt had been made on him in front of his apartment on Ilica. I was sure that Puki had staged that assassination attempt; it seemed too naive to be true. Many others did not believe Pukanić either, but the police did.
Written by: Manuela Tašler
Although in the six or seven months that have passed since then, I have never heard that the police established anything about that assassination attempt, from Puki’s columns in Nacional, I knew that for months after that event he had continuous escort and protection from two police officers. Tonight it was revealed that he had been without that protection, at his own request, for two months. However, I assume that Pukanić was still under some form of police surveillance in the meantime. Whoever placed the bomb under Ivo Pukanić’s car, and similarly to the case of the murder of Ivana Hodak, just a few hundred meters from the Police Administration, surely knew that. But he was not afraid of it.
Croatia is a small country. In Croatia, all journalists know all other journalists. All marketers know all other marketers. All lawyers know all other lawyers. And so on. Is it possible that in Croatia there is no police officer or investigator who does not know who had an interest in placing a bomb under Ivo Pukanić’s car and who is capable of doing that in this country? Is it possible that in this country there is no one at the top of the government who does not know who would be the one ordering bestial murders in the center of Zagreb?
