ATJ Lučko
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ATJ Lučko |
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.svg) Badge of the Croatian Special Police |
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| Lineup | September 7, 1990 |
| Country |
 Croatia
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| Type | Anti-terrorist unit of the special police |
| Strength | 130 men (as of 2016) |
| Insinuation |
 Ministry of Interior (Croatia)
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| Location | Lučko near Zagreb |
| motto | Znoj štedi krv! (Sweat saves blood!) |
| Anniversaries | 7th of September |
| Butcher | Croatian war |
| Web presence | http://www.policija.hr/mup.hr/main.aspx?id=162 |
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| Current commander |
Alen Klabot (since 2004) |
Antiteroristička jedinica Lučko ( Anti-Terrorist Unit Lučko), ATJ Lučko for short , is a special unit of the Croatian police stationed in Lučko near Zagreb . The unit has about 130 men (as of 2016).
The tasks of ATJ Lučko include the rescue of hostages and the fight against terrorism . It is used both preventively and operationally in particularly dangerous situations, similar to the SWAT teams of the US police .
history
The ATJ Lučko was founded on September 7, 1990 and was the first armed unit of the new freely elected Croatian government. It was the basis for the organization of the special forces of the Croatian police. Your baptism by fire was the ATJ Lučko on 1 March 1991 in the fight against Serb irregulars and the Yugoslav People's Army to the Croatian town of Pakrac .
At the outbreak of the Croatian War on March 31, 1991 the ATJ Lučko was used in the armed incident near the Plitvice Lakes . In the further course of the war she was used all over Croatia in fighting in Glina , Topusko , Petrinja , Dragotinci , Pakrac-Okučani (again), Zagreb-Pleso airport , Dubica , Delnice , Marinci , the Battle of Dubrovnik , Cavtat , Operation Maslenica , the operation Medak boiler , Daruvar , Bučje , Požega (Ivanovac) , the operation flash , the operation Storm , Petrova Gora and operation Storm-Obruč used.
During the Croatian War (1991-1995) the then 350-strong unit had a total of 52 seriously wounded and the following 14 dead : Božo Bionda, Nikola Bionda, Robert Zadro (son of Blago Zadro ), Vladimir Stojić, Davor Zbiljski, Mladen Jakovljević , Robert Krizmanić, Darko Srbić, Nenead Režić, Zdenko Bogdan, Antun Haban, Slavko Puček, Šimun Fofić and Damir Klasnić.
Known members
Seven generals of the Croatian armed forces emerged from the unit : Mladen Markač , Mirko Norac , Miljenko Filipović , Ante Roso , Stanko Sopta , Slavko Butorac and Željko Sačić .
The prominent martial artist Mirko Filipović , known as "Cro Cop", was a member of the ATJ Lučko for six years before starting his sports career.
gallery
Men of ATJ Lučko on the 16th anniversary of Operation Oluja in Knin (2011)
ATJ Lučko's operational exercise on a Bell 212 helicopter (2008)
Flag of the Croatian Special Police
Web links
- TV report on the 25th anniversary of ATJ Lučko (dnevnik.hr, 2015) on YouTube
- Prvi Hrvatski Redarstvenik ( Memento from April 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Croatian)
- Page no longer available , search in web archives: Obilježena deseta obljetnica osnutka ATJ Luèko (PDF; 132 kB; Croatian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Životni moto in the “Znoj štedi krv”. September 9, 2011, accessed December 9, 2015 .