ZAGREB, Croatia — A courtroom in Croatia on Thursday convicted a gunman in a mass shooting at a nursing home almost a yr in the past, and sentenced him to 50 years in jail for killing six folks, together with his personal mom, and wounding a number of others.
The Municipal Courtroom in Bjelovar, about 80 kilometers (almost 50 miles) east of the capital Zagreb, discovered 52-year-old Kresimir Pahoki responsible on 13 counts, together with homicide and tried homicide.
Pahoki, who’s a former fighter from an ethnic struggle within the Nineties in Croatia, walked into the nursing house in Daruvar, in central Croatia, on July 22, initially to pay for his mom’s payments. He then opened hearth, killing 5 folks on the spot, whereas yet another particular person died later in a hospital.
Pahoki stated throughout the trial that he did not really feel responsible. It wasn’t instantly clear whether or not he’ll attraction the decision.
Such shootings are uncommon in Croatia, regardless of many weapons left over from the 1991-1995 war. Daruvar is a small spa city with round 8,500 residents.