The car of the newly appointed State Attorney-General of the Republic of Croatia, Ivan Turudic, was shot at. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic described this incident as "very worrying".

Turudic confirmed to the daily newspaper Vecernji list that his Audi Q5 was shot at. He does not know when it happened because after noticing the hole, he took the vehicle to a mechanic who found evidence in the car that the vehicle had been shot through with a bullet.

The Zagrebacka County Police Administration has not confirmed this information for the time being. “We have to check everything,” they said.

N1 has asked the Ministry of the Interior (MUP) and the Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA) whether a security assessment has been made for Ivan Turudic, although he has not yet taken office, and whether he has already been assigned any kind of police protection. The reason for this is that the State Attorney- General is a protected person.

According to the High Criminal Court, Turudic is currently on vacation.

Branko Bacic: This is reprehensible

N1’s Jelena Bokun asked Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Branko Bacic about this information.

“I find this absolutely reprehensible. It is not good that this kind of atmosphere is being created in Croatian society. I have often said that there is a fine line between political chaos, verbal destruction, terrible slander and insults, the victims of which are HDZ party officials. We are trying to ensure that Croatia is a safe country,” said Bacic.

He added that such news also affects the tourist season and that the news about the shooting of the State Attorney-General’s vehicle will reverberate in Germany, Austria, England…

“This contributes to instability. I also call on the President, if he wants to participate in the election, to step down and be equal with all candidates and I invite him to the 10th constituency and let the voters decide because we are not in the same position and he is abusing his position,” Bacic said, adding:

“I am not accusing anyone; I am just asking to calm down. This is a warning to everyone to stop such political fights. I urge them to stop, because they harm Croatia above all.”

Plenkovic: That is worrying

Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said that the information that the car of the new State Attorney-General Ivan Turudic had been shot at was very worrying.

“According to the information I have received, Turudic first noticed that a rear-view mirror and a door of the car he was driving were damaged and that mechanics found two bullets in the garage where he took the car for inspection,” Plenkovic told the press in Brussels.

“This is what I know and this is very worrying,” Plenkovic said, adding that it was not yet known whether all this happened by chance or whether it was a consequence of the political atmosphere that has been fuelled recently.

Plenkovic added that the police will now present their report on the case.