Daughter of Zagorec lawyer murdered

Ivana Hodak, the daughter of Croatian lawyer Zvonimir Hodak, was murdered in central Zagreb on Monday. Zvonimir Hodak is defending former Croatian General Vladimir Zagorec, who was extradited from Austria last week in a high-profile wartime diamond theft case. Daughter of Zagorec lawyer murdered The victim, who worked as a paralegal, was killed at the entrance of a building only a hundred meters away from the Zagreb police HQ. One of the passers-by told journalists that a man wearing no mask ran out of the building at around 11:00 CET. The witness said that he did not hear the gunshots but that he "suspected there was something strange going on". Ambulances and special police units arrived at the scene. Many policemen were positioned around the building’s blocked entrance. The victim's mother is Ljerka Mintas-Hodak, a minister and deputy prime minister in several Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) governments. The news of the murder today has overshadowed information that Zagorec's defense team appealed a decision to remand him in custody and continue the investigation.

Daughter of Zagorec lawyer murdered

The victim, who worked as a paralegal, was killed at the entrance of a building only a hundred meters away from the Zagreb police HQ.

One of the passers-by told journalists that a man wearing no mask ran out of the building at around 11:00 CET.

The witness said that he did not hear the gunshots but that he "suspected there was something strange going on".

Ambulances and special police units arrived at the scene. Many policemen were positioned around the building’s blocked entrance.

The victim's mother is Ljerka Mintas-Hodak, a minister and deputy prime minister in several Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) governments.

The news of the murder today has overshadowed information that Zagorec's defense team appealed a decision to remand him in custody and continue the investigation.