Ivo Pukanić
Ivo Pukanić (January 21, 1961 – October 23, 2008) was a Croatian journalist and the editor of the popular Croatian political weekly Nacional.
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[edit] Life and career
Pukanić was born in Zagreb. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Zagreb in 1983, after which he started working for the publisher Vjesnik as a photographer for two of their magazines, Start and Studio.[1]
In 1992, he started his career as a journalist and editor of the popular weekly Globus. He left Globus in 1995 to start Nacional, where was the editor-in-chief until 2000. The same year Pukanić received an award from Croatian Journalists' Association. He also later received an award for a 2003 interview with army general Ante Gotovina, who was at the time on the run due to accusations of war crimes by the ICTY.
Pukanić had a wife, Mirjana, and a daughter, Sara (born c. 1991).[2]
[edit] Assassination
Pukanić was assassinated on October 23, 2008, at 6.10 p.m. local time by a bomb planted on a motorcycle parked next to his parked Lexus LS600hL in the center of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. He was killed alongside Niko Franjić, the Nacional marketing manager. The incident happened in Stara Vlaška Street, only two street blocks east of Ban Jelačić Square, the central square of Zagreb. It was caught on CCTV, with the footage showing the explosion moments before Pukanić and Franjić were about to enter the vehicle.[3]
Nacional reporter Plamenko Cvitić was the first news reporter on the scene. The police immediately blocked the traffic around the site of assassination, causing immense traffic jams all over the city center.[4][5] Prime Minister Ivo Sanader declined a proposal for entering a state of emergency.[6]
Eight people, suspected of having connections to organised crime groups, were indicted. Six were later convicted over Pukanić's murder with prison terms ranging from 15 to 40 years.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "U Mimari izložba fotografija Ive Pukanića" (in Croatian). Nacional. 2009-10-27. http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/70083/u-mimari-izlozba-fotografija-ive-pukanica.
- ^ "Ivo Pukanić" (in Croatian). Nacional. http://www.nacional.hr/en/articles/author/35/. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ "Na sudu pregledali snimke atentata na Ivu Pukanića" (in Croatian). 24 sata. 2010-03-24. http://www.24sata.hr/news/na-sudu-pregledali-snimke-atentata-na-ivu-pukanica-/165399/. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
- ^ "Eksplodirao auto bomba pored Nacionala, ubijen Ivo Pukanić?!" (in Croatian). Ezadar.hr. 2008-10-23. http://www.ezadar.hr/clanak/eksplodirao-auto-bomba-pored-nacionala-ubijen-ivo-pukanic. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ "Ubijen Ivo Pukanić" (in Croatian). Poslovni dnevnik. 2008-10-23. http://www.poslovni.hr/96427.aspx. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ Special report on Nova TV (October 23, 2008)
- ^ "Six men convicted over murder of Ivo Pukanic in Croatia". BBC. 3 November 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11682415.
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