Miljenko Hrkać

Miljenko Hrkać (2 October 1947 – 11 January 1978) was a Yugoslav-Croat fascist and terrorist sentenced to death by the Yugoslav court for the bombings of the Belgrade cinema "20. oktobar" on 13 July 1968, which left one person dead and 89 others maimed or injured. He was also convicted of an attack on the Belgrade rail station on 25 September 1968, which left 13 people injured. He was executed on 11 January 1978.

Origin and early life

An ethnic Croat, Hrkać was born in Mokro, Konjic, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1947. He was a member of the Croatian Liberation Movement, a successor of the Ustaše, the Axis Croatian fascist organisation which controlled the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. He had joined the organisation through Ante Penavić, who supplied the explosives for the bombings.

Belgrade cinema bombing

On 13 July 1968, at 21.05 CET, a bomb detonated in the Belgrade cinema "20. oktobar". One person was killed and 89 others injured, some seriously. The bomb was placed under the sixth seat of the 16th row, during the movie Risifi u Panami.

Belgrade rail station bombing

On 25 September 1968, three explosives were detonated in the Belgrade rail station garderobe, leaving 13 people injured.

Capture and death sentence

Hrkać was sentenced to death by shooting by the Belgrade court (three times; 1969, 1970 and 1975), Serbian court (1971) and Yugoslav court on 30 December 1976 for the bombings of the Belgrade cinema of "20. oktobar" and at the Belgrade rail station, and was executed by shooting on 11 January 1978.

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