Podvinje cafe shooting
| Slavonski Brod shooting | |
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| Location | Podvinje, Croatia |
| Date | April 14, 1998 ~ 10 p.m. (CEST) |
Attack type | Mass murder, murder-suicide |
| Weapons | Kalashnikov rifle (7.62×39mm) |
| Deaths | 8 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrator | Antun Mataić |
The Podvinje shooting was an act of mass murder that occurred in the village of Podvinje, near Slavonski Brod, Croatia on April 14, 1998 at about 10 p.m., when 50-year-old Antun Mataić (also reported as Antun Matajić-Tunja)[1] opened fire at guests in the café "Trenk" with a semi-automatic rifle, killing six men and one woman, and seriously wounding a 44-year-old man. He then drove away in his car and committed suicide a few kilometres away from the crime scene either by exploding a hand grenade,[2] or by setting his vehicle on fire and shooting himself.[3][4][5][6]
Mataić (born May 8, 1947 in Završje, Brod–Posavina County)[7] had already threatened people in the café with murder a few days prior to the shooting.[1]
Victims
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Wounded was Ilija Reljanović, 43–44.[8]
References
- ^ a b Likvidirao obitelj jer žena nije htjela preseliti na selo?, Novi list (May 26, 2009)
- ^ Najteži zločini u Slavoniji, Jutarnji list (November 12, 2006)
- ^ Seven Killed in Croatia Shooting, Reuters (April 15, 1998)
- ^ Sieben Menschen in einer Gaststätte erschossen, Stuttgarter Zeitung (April 16, 1998)
- ^ Amoklauf auch in Kroatien, Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (April 16, 1998)
- ^ Kroatien: Amokschütze tötet sieben Männer in Gaststätte, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (April 16, 1998)
- ^ KRATKE VIJESTI IZ HRVATSKE, HRT (April 23, 1998)
- ^ SLAVONSKI BROD: UBIJENO SEDMERO OSOBA, HRT (April 15, 1998)