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 | |
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Part of right-wing terrorism in Europe | |
Banski dvori, site of attack | |
Location | St. Mark's Square, Zagreb, Croatia |
Coordinates | 45.816554°N 15.973336°E |
Date | 12 October 2020 c. 08:03 (CEST) |
Target | Banski dvori |
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Deaths | 1 (the perpetrator) |
Injured | 1 police officer |
Perpetrator | Danijel Bezuk |
Motive | Right-wing extremism |
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