Ivo Pukanic

Year: 2008

Nationality: Croatia

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Zagreb, Croatia

Press organization: Nacional

What's Ivo Pukanic's story?

Pukanic, owner and editorial director of the Zagreb-basedpolitical weekly Nacional, andNiko Franjic, the marketing director, were killed when a bomb placed under thejournalist’s car exploded outside the paper’s offices, according to pressreports and CPJ sources. Local press reports said Pukanic and Franjic wereclose to the car when the blast took place. Nacional often exposed corruption, organized crime, and humanrights abuses, local sources told CPJ.

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