ZAGREB, June 13, 2020 – Zagreb police are investigating six persons suspected of displaying an insulting banner that incited to ethnic violence against Serb women and children.
The criminal investigation is being conducted in cooperation with the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office, police said on Saturday.
Police said on Friday they arrested four persons linked to the hate speech banner displayed in the Kustosija neighborhood on Thursday.
A photo appeared on social media on Friday morning, showing several Dinamo football club supporters holding a banner which said “We will f..k Serb women and children” and the letter “u” turned into the Ustasha symbol. They also displayed flags of the HOS militia from the 1991-1995 Homeland War.
The photo was posted on social media by the Serb National Council. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic condemned it on the same day and Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said police would solve any case of incitement to violence and ethnic intolerance.
