Vidovci shooting explained

Vidovci shooting
Location:Vidovci, Požega, Požega-Slavonia County, Slavonia, Croatia
Date:July 6, 1995
Type:Mass shooting
Fatalities:7 (including the perpetrator)
Perpetrator:Josip Capan Joko
Weapons:Zastava M70

The Vidovci shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on July 6, 1995, at Vidovci, Požega, Požega-Slavonia County, Slavonia, Croatia. Josip Capan Joko killed 6 members of the Tolić family.

Shooting

On the evening of July 5, 1995, in Vidovci, former legionnaire Josip Capan Joko, then aged 44, was arrested for masturbating in front of the Tolić family home. He then decided to take revenge for it. On July 6, 1995, Josip Capan fatally shot six members of the Tolić family in the head. The victims consisted of a father, mother, three children and a grandmother. He then detonated an explosive device in their home, killing himself.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zločinci željni slave ubijaju zbog krivog pogleda.
  2. Web site: Kronologija masakara.