Ivan Korade
Ivan Korade (born December 17, 1964 in Velika Veternička near Zlatar ; † April 3, 2008 ibid) was a Croatian major general a. D.
Life
Korade served in the Croatian War in the 1st Guard Brigade "Tigrovi" of the Croatian army and fought mainly in the southern war zone. Korade was seriously injured and lost his arm in the fighting for Dubrovnik in the summer of 1992. After he recovered, he returned to active duty. From 1993 he was battalion commander in the 7th Guard Brigade "Puma" , with which he took part in the military operation Oluja to recapture parts of Croatia occupied by Serbians. He hoisted the Croatian flag on the castle in the recaptured Knin . Korade was therefore considered a war hero in Croatia. FromHe was heard from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague in 2002.
According to the Croatian Interior Ministry, he committed a four-fold murder on March 26, 2008 in the northern Croatian region of Hrvatsko Zagorje . The victims were a war veteran and friend of Korade's as well as an elderly woman, her 15-year-old grandson and another man from the perpetrator's neighborhood. The seven-day persecution by a special task force ended on April 3 with the death of a police officer and the suicide of Ivan Korade near Zlatar Bistrica . It has been speculated that the ex-general suffered from post-traumatic syndrome .
The then Croatian President Stipe Mesić posthumously revoked all awards and medals from Korade .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korade, Ivan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th December 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Velika Veternička |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 2008 |
| Place of death | Velika Veternička |