Zadar school shooting

Name: Zadar school shooting
Start: 1972

1972 CE.

Shown on the map at 44.111°, 15.229°.

On 9 October 1972, a 19-year-old student shot two teachers at a gymnasium in Zadar (current-day Vladimir Nazor Gymnasium), in SR Croatia, at the time in Yugoslavia. One teacher died at the scene, while the other died at a hospital.

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