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{{Short description|Shooting in Croatia}} {{Short description|Shooting in Croatia}}
{{Infobox civilian attack {{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Zadar school Shooting | title = Zadar school shooting
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| location = Zadar High School (now Vladimir Nazor High School), ], ] | location = Zadar Gymnasium<br>], ]
| target = Teachers | target = Teachers
| date = 9 October 1972 | date = 9 October 1972
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| type = ] | type = ]
| fatalities = 2 | fatalities = 2
| injuries = | injuries = 0
| perpetrator = Milorad Vulinović | assailant = Milorad Vulinović
| weapons = Beretta M70 7,65 mm | weapons = ] (])
| motive = political action and mental problems | motive = political action
| charges = ] | charges = ]
}} }}
The '''Zadar High School Shooting''' was a ] that occured on October 9, 1972, at Zadar High School (now Vladimir Nazor High School) in ] of ] (now ]). This was the first school attack in Croatia before the 2024 ].


On 9 October 1972, a 19-year-old student ] two teachers at a gymnasium in ] (current-day Vladimir Nazor Gymnasium), in ], at the time in ]. One teacher died at the scene, while the other died at a hospital.
⚫ On the morning of October 9, 1972, a 19-year-old ] student, Milorad Vulinović killed history professor Vica Vlatković (†43) with father's Beretta M70 gun at the High School in ] and seriously wounded sociology professor Gojko Matulina († 33), who died earlier in the hospital.<ref name=slobdal>{{Cite web |title=S 19 godina upucao je dvojicu profesora i otišao na - krempite! ‘Uzbuđeniji sam bio kad sam ubio dvije grlice!‘ Poznati Zadrani bili su svjedoci |url=https://zadarski.slobodnadalmacija.hr/zadar/4-kantuna/s-19-godina-upucao-je-dvojicu-zadarskih-profesora-vise-sam-uzbudenja-osjetio-kad-sam-ubio-dvije-grlice-sto-kazu-svjedoci-kazna-na-golom-otoku-1286942 |work=zadarski.slobodnadalmacija |date=2023-05-04 |accessdate=2024-12-21 |language=hr}}</ref><ref name=tp>{{Cite web |title=Zadar, 1972.: Maturant je ubio profesore, pobjegao u slastičarnu, naručio osam vrsta kolača i - limunadu |url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/zadar-ubojstvo-u-skoli-foto-20230504 |work=tportal |date=2023-05-04 |accessdate=2024-12-21 |language=hr}}</ref> The incident was witnessed by ], future president of ], and former Croatian actress ], who were studying in Zadar High School at this time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stravičnog događaja 1972. prisjetio se jedan od svjedoka |url=https://zadarskitjednik.hr/grad-zadar/stravicnog-dogadaja-1972-prisjetio-se-jedan-od-svjedoka-2504487 |work=zadarskitjednik |date=2023-05-22 |accessdate=2024-12-21 |language=hr}}</ref>


== Events ==
Not long after the murder, a teacher from the school met Vulinović on the street<ref name=slobdal /> and saw him eating ]s in the nearby Jadran patisserie, awaiting arrest.<ref name=slobdal />


⚫ On the morning of 9 October 1972 Milorad Vulinović, a 19-year-old student of ], arrived at Zadar Gymnasium with intent to kill his history teacher, Vica Vlatković (aged 43). With his father's Beretta M70, the student shot Vlatković and the school's sociology teacher Gojko Matulina (aged 33), who came to deescalate and eventually succumbed to his gunshot wounds in a hospital.<ref name=slobdal>{{Cite web |title=S 19 godina upucao je dvojicu profesora i otišao na - krempite! ‘Uzbuđeniji sam bio kad sam ubio dvije grlice!‘ Poznati Zadrani bili su svjedoci |url=https://zadarski.slobodnadalmacija.hr/zadar/4-kantuna/s-19-godina-upucao-je-dvojicu-zadarskih-profesora-vise-sam-uzbudenja-osjetio-kad-sam-ubio-dvije-grlice-sto-kazu-svjedoci-kazna-na-golom-otoku-1286942 |work=zadarski.slobodnadalmacija |date=2023-05-04 |accessdate=2024-12-21 |language=hr}}</ref><ref name=tp>{{Cite web |title=Zadar, 1972.: Maturant je ubio profesore, pobjegao u slastičarnu, naručio osam vrsta kolača i - limunadu |url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/zadar-ubojstvo-u-skoli-foto-20230504 |work=tportal |date=2023-05-04 |accessdate=2024-12-21 |language=hr}}</ref> Not long after the murder, a teacher from the school met Vulinović on the street and saw him take to the nearby patisserie named ''Jadran'' to eat a ], awaiting arrest.<ref name="slobdal" />
Vulinović stated during the police
⚫ interrogation that he hated Vlatković, who sympathized with the ].<ref name=tp /> Psychiatric experts found that Vulinović suffered from a psychopathic personality with a tendency towards schizoid psychopathy.<ref name=tp /> Vulinović was sentenced to 15 years in prison on ], the most severe sentence for young adults in Yugoslavia.<ref name=slobdal />


⚫ During a police interrogation, Vulinović stated that he hated Vlatković for his sympathies with the ].<ref name="tp" /> Court psychiatrists found that Vulinović had a "psychopathic personality" with "a tendency towards schizoid psychopathy".<ref name="tp" /> He was sentenced to 15 years in prison on ], which was the most severe sentence intended for young adults in socialist Yugoslavia.<ref name="slobdal" />
⚫ After the murder, October 10, there were several thousand commemorations in Zadar.<ref name=slobdal /> The high school library in Zadar still bears the names of Vlatković and Matulina.<ref name=zad>{{Cite web |title=U Hrvatskoj se poznato ubojstvo u školi dogodilo 1972., u zadarskoj gimnaziji, kad je učenik iz mržnje ubio dva profesora |url=https://zadarski.slobodnadalmacija.hr/zadar/4-kantuna/u-hrvatskoj-se-poznato-ubojstvo-u-skoli-dogodilo-1972-u-zadarskoj-gimnaziji-kad-je-ucenik-iz-mrznje-ubio-dva-profesora-1286674 |work=zadarski.slobodnadalmacija |date=2023-05-03 |accessdate=2024-12-21 |language=hr}}</ref> Later, two educational institutions in Zadar were named after them.<ref name=zad /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tragedije u našim školama već su se događale: Učenik ubio profesore, djed oca đaka zbog dječje svađe |url=https://www.srednja.hr/novosti/tragedije-u-nasim-skolama-vec-su-se-dogadale-ucenik-ubio-profesore-djed-oca-daka-zbog-djecje-svade/ |work=srednja |date=2024-12-21 |accessdate=2024-12-21 |language=hr}}</ref>


⚫ On October 10 a commemoration was held on Zadar's Narodni trg, and on October 11 around ten thousand people gathered in front of Matulina's home to pay respect.<ref name="slobdal" /> A high school library in Zadar bears the names of Vlatković and Matulina.<ref name="zad">{{Cite web |title=U Hrvatskoj se poznato ubojstvo u školi dogodilo 1972., u zadarskoj gimnaziji, kad je učenik iz mržnje ubio dva profesora |url=https://zadarski.slobodnadalmacija.hr/zadar/4-kantuna/u-hrvatskoj-se-poznato-ubojstvo-u-skoli-dogodilo-1972-u-zadarskoj-gimnaziji-kad-je-ucenik-iz-mrznje-ubio-dva-profesora-1286674 |work=zadarski.slobodnadalmacija |date=2023-05-03 |accessdate=2024-12-21 |language=hr}}</ref> Two highschools in Zadar were also named after them.<ref name="zad" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tragedije u našim školama već su se događale: Učenik ubio profesore, djed oca đaka zbog dječje svađe |url=https://www.srednja.hr/novosti/tragedije-u-nasim-skolama-vec-su-se-dogadale-ucenik-ubio-profesore-djed-oca-daka-zbog-djecje-svade/ |work=srednja |date=2024-12-21 |accessdate=2024-12-21 |language=hr}}</ref>

], future president of ], and former Croatian actress ] reportedly witnessed the incident; both were students of Zadar Gymnasium at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-22 |title=Stravičnog događaja 1972. prisjetio se jedan od svjedoka |url=https://zadarskitjednik.hr/grad-zadar/stravicnog-dogadaja-1972-prisjetio-se-jedan-od-svjedoka-2504487 |accessdate=2024-12-21 |work=zadarskitjednik |language=hr}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 23:26, 27 December 2024

Shooting in Croatia
Zadar school shooting
LocationZadar Gymnasium
Zadar, Socialist Republic of Croatia
Date9 October 1972
c. 7:50 a.m. (CET, UTC+01:00)
TargetTeachers
Attack typeSchool shooting
WeaponsBeretta M70 (7,65 mm)
Deaths2
Injured0
AssailantMilorad Vulinović
Motivepolitical action
ChargesMurder

On 9 October 1972, a 19-year-old student shot two teachers at a gymnasium in Zadar (current-day Vladimir Nazor Gymnasium), in SR Croatia, at the time in Yugoslavia. One teacher died at the scene, while the other died at a hospital.

Events

On the morning of 9 October 1972 Milorad Vulinović, a 19-year-old student of Serbian descent, arrived at Zadar Gymnasium with intent to kill his history teacher, Vica Vlatković (aged 43). With his father's Beretta M70, the student shot Vlatković and the school's sociology teacher Gojko Matulina (aged 33), who came to deescalate and eventually succumbed to his gunshot wounds in a hospital. Not long after the murder, a teacher from the school met Vulinović on the street and saw him take to the nearby patisserie named Jadran to eat a cremeschnitte, awaiting arrest.

During a police interrogation, Vulinović stated that he hated Vlatković for his sympathies with the Croatian Spring movement. Court psychiatrists found that Vulinović had a "psychopathic personality" with "a tendency towards schizoid psychopathy". He was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Goli otok, which was the most severe sentence intended for young adults in socialist Yugoslavia.

On October 10 a commemoration was held on Zadar's Narodni trg, and on October 11 around ten thousand people gathered in front of Matulina's home to pay respect. A high school library in Zadar bears the names of Vlatković and Matulina. Two highschools in Zadar were also named after them.

Momir Bulatović, future president of Montenegro, and former Croatian actress Jelica Vlajki reportedly witnessed the incident; both were students of Zadar Gymnasium at the time.

See also

References

  1. ^ "S 19 godina upucao je dvojicu profesora i otišao na - krempite! 'Uzbuđeniji sam bio kad sam ubio dvije grlice!' Poznati Zadrani bili su svjedoci". zadarski.slobodnadalmacija (in Croatian). 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  2. ^ "Zadar, 1972.: Maturant je ubio profesore, pobjegao u slastičarnu, naručio osam vrsta kolača i - limunadu". tportal (in Croatian). 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  3. ^ "U Hrvatskoj se poznato ubojstvo u školi dogodilo 1972., u zadarskoj gimnaziji, kad je učenik iz mržnje ubio dva profesora". zadarski.slobodnadalmacija (in Croatian). 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  4. "Tragedije u našim školama već su se događale: Učenik ubio profesore, djed oca đaka zbog dječje svađe". srednja (in Croatian). 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  5. "Stravičnog događaja 1972. prisjetio se jedan od svjedoka". zadarskitjednik (in Croatian). 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
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