A police officer who was wounded in Zagreb's St. Mark's Square on Monday morning is not in a life-threatening conditions and is currently undergoing plastic surgery to his arm, the director of the Sisters of Mercy Hospital in Zagreb, Mario Zovak said on Monday afternoon.

“Micro-reconstruction of those elements is underway and this why the surgery is still in progress, but he is in a stable condition. We still need to treat two wounds to his torso. Everything will be taken care of in the end and I hope he will not have any neurological episodes or problems with his circulation. Traumatologists and vascular physicians have completed their task an now he is undergoing plastic surgery,” said Zovak.

Physicians are now attempting to save the function of his hand so that this 32-year old police officer does not become a disabled person.