2020 Zagreb shooting

The 2020 Zagreb shooting, commonly referred to as the St. Mark's Square attack (Croatian: Napad na Trgu svetog Marka), occurred on 12 October 2020 in Zagreb, Croatia, when 22-year-old Danijel Bezuk approached Banski dvori, which houses the office of the Prime Minister and serves as the meeting place of the government, on St. Mark's Square and started shooting at it with an assault rifle, wounding a police officer in the process. In the aftermath, the perpetrator ran off to a nearby neighborhood and committed suicide.

2020 Zagreb shooting
Part of right-wing terrorism in Europe
Banski dvori, site of attack
LocationSt. Mark's Square, Zagreb, Croatia
Coordinates45.816554°N 15.973336°E / 45.816554; 15.973336
Date12 October 2020 (2020-10-12)
c. 08:03 (CEST)
TargetBanski dvori
Attack type
Weapons
Deaths1 (the perpetrator)
Injured1 police officer
PerpetratorDanijel Bezuk
MotiveRight-wing extremism
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