Miro Barešić
Miro Barešić (actually Miroslav; born September 10, 1950 in Drage near Biograd na Moru ; † July 31, 1991 Miranje Donje near Benkovac ) was a Yugoslav or Croatian exile terrorist .
Life
Barešic belonged to the right-wing extremist terrorist organization Croatian People's Resistance (HNOtpor) . In 1971 he was involved in the murder of the Yugoslav ambassador Vladimir Rolović (* 1916) in Stockholm and was convicted by a Swedish court for this. By hijacking Bulltofta, like- minded people blackmailed Barešić's release from Sweden, who flew to Spain with the hijackers . He was detained there for 18 months. After a stay in Paraguay , he served his 7-year prison sentence in Sweden, and after his release he went back to Paraguay.
In 1991 Barešić returned to the now independent Croatia and joined the Croatian National Guard . After a short time he died near Zadar under unknown circumstances. His remains were reburied on June 26, 1992 in a grave for those who died in the Croatian War ( Aleji branitelja ) in the Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb .
On the occasion of the anniversary of his death on July 31, 2016, a memorial was erected in his place of birth. The slightly larger than life-size monochrome stone sculpture was made by the sculptor Ivan Kujundžić . The Montenegrin Foreign Ministry protested against this on August 1, 2016 with a protest note to the Croatian ambassador in Podgorica . Apparently by strangers from the Antifa environment, a hand of the sculpture was painted blood red a few days after it was erected.
literature
- Montenegro protests against Monument to Fascists , Junge Welt from August 3, 2016
- U Dragama "doradili" spomenik ubojici: Miro Barešić osvanuo "krvavih ruku" (In Drage the memorial for the murderer was "added": Miro Barešić now appears with a bloody hand), Novi list online, August 8, 2016
Web links
- Sven Milekić: The Strange Case of Miro Barešić - Reflections on a Controversial Memorialization in Croatia. November 2, 2016, accessed December 15, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Miro Barešić dobio svoj spomenik u Dragama , Slobodna dalmacija online, July 30, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barešić, Miro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav terrorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drage at Biograd na Moru |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1991 |
| Place of death | Miranje Donje near Benkovac |