Kajzerica shooting

A mass shooting occurred in Kajzerica, Zagreb, Croatia, at 9:30 pm on 1 August 2019. The perpetrator, Igor Nađ killed six people.[1]

Kajzerica shooting
LocationKajzerica, Zagreb, Croatia
Date1 August 2019 (2019-08-01)
Attack type
Mass shooting
WeaponsAK-47
Deaths7 (including the perpetrator)
PerpetratorIgor Nađ

Shooting

The shooting took place on August 1, 2019.[1] At the beginning of that day at 9:30, Nađ went to a bar where he drank Pelinkovac. At 10:00, he arrived at his hairdresser in Vrbik, where he had been going to cut his hair cut for years. Witnesses say he was in a good mood. At 10:30 following the haircut, he goes to a nearby cafe. Before leaving the cafe, he has been quoted as telling a friend, “This is the last time you see me.” It is not known what he did between leaving the cafe and starting firing. At 21:10, he arrived on Cimermanova 2 street where the Maja Tojagić family lived. At 21:15, he encountered 10 year old Paul and sent him to see who is in the house. 21:21, he shot 6 people in the house, leaving a baby who was in the house alive. At 21:30, he fled the scene via car from the Kajzerica district to the Brezovica district, where his mother resided. The police were able to trace him via his mobile phone and came to his location. On August 2, at about 3:00, surrounded by police, he committed suicide in the backyard of the Caritas Home for Orphans.[2]

Victims

Six people died during the attack.[2] The victims were Dragomir Tojagić (61) and Filjka Tojagić (63), parents of Maja Tojagić and Josipa Tojagić; Josipa Tojagić (29) and her boyfriend Davor Paušak (29); and Maja Tojagić (35) and her son (10) from a previous marriage with a man named Paulo Zamboni.

Perpetrator's personal life

Igor Nađ was born on August 31, 1983 in Vukovar. After birth, he lived in Petrovci. After the start of the Croatian War of Independence in 1991, he fled to Zagreb with his family. In Zagreb, he was accommodated at the International Hotel. He attended elementary school in the Vrbik district. Nađ worked as an Uber driver.[3][1][4] On July 16, 2016 near a bar in Trešnjevka, Nađ hit a man. He was sentenced to a fine of 500 kunas.[5] Nađ dated Maja Tojagić for three years until May 2019. After the birth of their son in May 2019, they broke up.[3][6]

References

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