Croatia car bombing destroys LS 600h, 2 killed
10-24-08, 02:28 PM
#1
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Croatia car bombing destroys LS 600h, 2 killed
Photo of destroyed vehicle here:
http://www.automotoportal.com/articl...an-journalists
More details (and video)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7687532.stm
http://www.javno.com/en/croatia/clanak.php?id=195619
May the victims rest in peace, and the perpetrators brought to justice.
http://www.automotoportal.com/articl...an-journalists
Lexus LS 600h destroyed in an assassination of Croatian journalists
A car bomb killed Ivo Pukanic, a prominent Croatian journalist, and a colleague in downtown Zagreb on Thursday, and the country's president and prime minister called it an assassination.
State-run Croatian TV showed footage of Pukanic's burned-out Lexus and two covered bodies outside his NCL Media Group office in the capital, and police identified the victims as Pukanic and his group's marketing director, Niko Franjic.
Croatian senior national police official said a hidden explosive device had destroyed Pukanic's car and that investigation has been launched to determine who had killed him and his colleague.
Pukanic bought the Lexus LS 600h in the USA
Pukanic loved cars and he personally went to Los Angeles to buy Lexus LS 600h. He really wanted exactly this model, and a few months ago he transferred it to his home in Croatia. He said that he had saved a tens of thousands of euros because he bought the car in the States. Pukanic revealed he paid 100,000 euros ($127,490).
A car bomb killed Ivo Pukanic, a prominent Croatian journalist, and a colleague in downtown Zagreb on Thursday, and the country's president and prime minister called it an assassination.
State-run Croatian TV showed footage of Pukanic's burned-out Lexus and two covered bodies outside his NCL Media Group office in the capital, and police identified the victims as Pukanic and his group's marketing director, Niko Franjic.
Croatian senior national police official said a hidden explosive device had destroyed Pukanic's car and that investigation has been launched to determine who had killed him and his colleague.
Pukanic bought the Lexus LS 600h in the USA
Pukanic loved cars and he personally went to Los Angeles to buy Lexus LS 600h. He really wanted exactly this model, and a few months ago he transferred it to his home in Croatia. He said that he had saved a tens of thousands of euros because he bought the car in the States. Pukanic revealed he paid 100,000 euros ($127,490).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7687532.stm
http://www.javno.com/en/croatia/clanak.php?id=195619
May the victims rest in peace, and the perpetrators brought to justice.
Last edited by encore888; 10-24-08 at 03:24 PM.
10-24-08, 05:31 PM
#9
batteries were fine... it wasnt really an car bomb, bomb was actually set off next to the car in the trash bin, not under the car... by the time police came, engine cought on fire but batteries were fine...
dude was head of the major magazine in croatia that uncovered many crimes/conspiracies (some real, some less real), and he also had ties with the organized crime... he was targetted 3-4 months ago when someone tried to shoot him from close range and missed. Think Newsweek, with a lot of borderline reports in it.
dude was head of the major magazine in croatia that uncovered many crimes/conspiracies (some real, some less real), and he also had ties with the organized crime... he was targetted 3-4 months ago when someone tried to shoot him from close range and missed. Think Newsweek, with a lot of borderline reports in it.
10-24-08, 07:04 PM
#12
Speaks French in Russian
Pretty crazy. Maybe Lexus should make a bomb-proof LS600 like what MB and BMW do.
Find it awkward that the car was talked about more than the guy who died.
Find it awkward that the car was talked about more than the guy who died.
10-24-08, 09:01 PM
#13
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