Zadar city councillor Daniel Radeta (38) reported to the police that he was attacked by seven people yesterday in the building of the City Administration (Gradska uprava) in Zadar, police sources have learned. Police confirmed that they received multiple phone calls from Radeta after 17 hours and that minor physical injuries were determined for him at Zadar General Hospital.
Police officers spoke with Radeta while he was in the hospital, and he came to police premises today to give a formal statement. The competent state prosecutor's office (državno odvjetništvo) has been notified of the case, and police are continuing to establish all the circumstances of the incident.
Radeta posted on Facebook that seven security guards forcibly removed him from the council chamber after he tied himself to the speaker's podium with a cable and refused to leave. "They turned off the lights and started hitting. One of them shone a torch in my eyes the whole time. Due to the injuries sustained, I ended up in hospital," Radeta stated. He claims that seven people forcibly threw him out of the council chamber, hitting and suffocating him in the process, and that he tried to contact the police by phone four times, but that police officers did not arrive.
Radeta announced that he will seek criminal liability for all those who participated in the intervention, as well as those who ordered it. He tied himself to the podium during yesterday's session of the City Council, protesting against the warnings issued to him by the Council President Ivica Žuvela. The incident occurred during a debate on increasing the municipal fee by more than 40 per cent.
As Radeta did not want to leave the podium, Žuvela suspended the session and scheduled its continuation for Friday at 9 o'clock. Radeta decided to stay in the council chamber, announcing that he would spend the night there, but security guards removed him from the building during the evening. He tried again today to enter the City Administration building, but entry was not permitted.
