The investigation was concluded on 22 July 2021. On 16 October, Croatian daily newspapers Jutarnji list, referring to the source from the police, published the article saying that prior to the attack Bezuk searched the internet for texts and photographs of government office location, building interior and regular movements of the President and the Prime Minister. On 15 October 2020, Minister of Croatian Veterans Tomo Medved, while commenting the attack, pointed out that there was a "series of clues indicating that the Prime Minister himself was the attacker's target". He also appealed to society to "raise the level of respect, in order to build a public culture which will prevent similar incidents from happening". He also urged the police, State's Attorney Office of the Republic of Croatia and Security and Intelligence Agency to investigate "how a young man could become so radicalized". On 14 October, Prime Minister Plenković said that " having a serious issue with radicalism" and that the attack had elements of a terrorist act, based on the Croatian law on terrorism. On the same day, police raided Bezuk's family home, where they apparently found two rifles with optical sights, silencers, and over 1,000 pieces of ammunition. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, President Zoran Milanović held a press conference in which he called the government to protect the central state institutions, saying that "they are not a tourist destination". Reactions Īfter the Croatian media started writing about Bezuk's Facebook profile, his profile received support from many other users.
In February 2021, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković stated that the motive of the attack was his party Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)'s coalition with the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS). In his last Facebook status before committing suicide, he wrote: "Enough of frauds and ruthless trampling of human values without responsibility". In yet another post, he expressed his support for far-right Croatian Party of Rights' (HSP) early 1990s paramilitary wing Croatian Defence Forces (HOS). In another post, he described himself as "a tourist in his own country". The posts included a link to a YouTube video dedicated to snipers, captioned with: "I wish I was one of these guys, to take out Serbs". Soon after the attack, the Croatian media found out the attacker's identity and started analyzing Bezuk's Facebook account, which featured written statuses, expressing his frustrations with the state of affairs in Croatia. Mark Square looking for the attacker, but soon received the report of shots heard in the nearby Jabukovac Street, which turned out to be Bezuk taking his own life. The wounded policeman was taken to Sisters of Charity Hospital in Zagreb, where he was treated for his wounds. He was helped by the bystanders, who called an ambulance. The wounded officer Fiuri ran approximately 50 metres (160 ft) and collapsed in a state of shock. He then returned and fired on the police again, but was again suppressed by the police fire, and fled the scene in response. Bezuk ran to the nearby street to take cover and reloaded his gun.
Īnother police officer who was guarding the Parliament on the opposite side of the square noticed what was happening, so he took out his personal weapon and fired at the attacker. He subsequently took out an automatic rifle ( 5.45×39mm AK-74 ) and opened fire on the 33-year-old police officer, Oskar Fiuri, who was guarding the main entrance, wounding him with four rounds, after which he continued shooting on Banski dvori. Mark's Square where the buildings of the Croatian government (Banski dvori), Croatian Parliament ( Sabor) and the Constitutional Court are located. The attack was committed by 22-year-old Danijel Bezuk from Kutina, Croatia, who did not appear at his workplace in Zagreb, but instead headed to St.
Video of the attack to the Croatian government building at the St.