41-year-old Croatian dies in shooting in Slovenia; also wanted by Croatian police
A special police unit shot and killed a 41-year-old Croatian national in Uršne Sele on Saturday following a petrol station robbery in the Črnomelj area. The man had been linked by Croatian authorities to a shooting injury inflicted on a 60-year-old near Pula.
41-year-old Croatian dies in shooting in Slovenia; also wanted by Croatian police
On Saturday afternoon, an exchange of gunfire occurred during an operation by a special police unit in Uršne Sele, in which a 41-year-old man with Croatian citizenship lost his life. The same individual had previously been the subject of intensive search by the Slovenian police for more than a day on suspicion of robbing a petrol station in the Črnomelj area.
The deceased man was also the subject of a search in Croatia. Investigators there had issued a warrant for him in connection with an alleged violent crime in Valdebek near Pula. According to information from neighbouring security authorities, on 9 July in the afternoon he had severely wounded a 60-year-old man with a firearm, who remained hospitalised in Pula as a result of the injury.
Croatian police designated the suspect as dangerous and believed he was carrying a weapon. They advised residents not to approach him, but to report any information about his whereabouts to the appropriate authorities immediately.
Slovenian police officers tracked the suspect to a building in Uršne Sele following an extensive operation. When officers surrounded the building, the man barricaded himself inside. During the operation by the special operations unit, an armed confrontation ensued, in which the suspect succumbed to his injuries.
The Police Directorate Novo Mesto later reported that initial information referred to a 41-year-old Croatian national who had been sought by neighbouring countries' law enforcement authorities for multiple violent crimes.
An investigation into the circumstances of events on both sides of the border is ongoing.
Source: Google News SI — Crime (sl)