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Croatian Minister Zoran Milanović condemns suspended sentence

7 articles | Updated 1d ago | Created 2d ago

A 29-year-old national of Morocco was sentenced to a one-month conditional prison term and fined €1,056 after beating an elderly female traffic cop with his hands on March 8 while she attempted to arrest him; the court ruled that he did not need police protection due to lack of evidence.

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    A Moroccan national who assaulted a police officer in Zagreb has been sentenced to suspended prison time and faces deportation.
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    Croatian Interior Minister Zoran Milanović criticized the sentence, stating it sends an absolutely bad message regarding violence against law enforcement.
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    The incident occurred on March 18 when Marokanac beat up a police officer in Zagreb before receiving his verdict.
[Mar 18, 20:45] [Note: Source timestamps provided are inconsistent and likely refer to different time zones or contain errors; based on the latest explicit timestamp in sources]
[Mar 17] (Latest consistent source) RTL Danas reported that a Moroccan national faces deportation from Croatia.