Shooting of Nikola Štedul

The shooting of Nikola Štedul was an attempted assassination in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in 1988.

The victim, Nikola Štedul, was a Croatian emigrant from what was then Yugoslavia. He had been the president the Croatian Statehood Movement, campaigning for Croatian independence from Yugoslavia. Vinko Sindičić arrived in the UK, traveling with a Swiss passport. Early on the morning of 20 October 1988, Štedul, who was walking his dog, was shot at four times by Sindičić.[1]

Štedul survived the shooting and Sindičić was arrested at Heathrow Airport. The Yugoslav embassy subsequently provided an alibi that Sindičić was in the country watching the Scotland-Yugoslavia football match on 19 October. However, residue from the firearm was found on Sindičić's skin. Following an eleven-day trial he was found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to 15 years in jail. The assassination attempt was subject of a 1994 movie by Scottish Television, The Yugoslav Hitman.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Thirty years, six bullets, two countries and one home, smh.com.au; accessed 20 January 2016.
  2. ↑ The Yugoslav Hitman details, IMDb.com; accessed 20 January 2016.
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