[SNN] Bomb Topples Statue Of Former Dictator Tito In Croatia

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http://www.serbianna.com/news/story/01069.html
 
Serbianna
 
Dec. 28, 2004
 
Bomb Topples Statue Of Former 
Dictator Tito In Croatia 
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP)--A bomb Monday toppled a statue of former Yugoslav 
dictator Josip Broz Tito in his home town in northern Croatia.  
The Culture Ministry condemned the early morning attack in the town of 
Kumrovec - which also damaged nearby houses -calling it a "barbaric act."  
The head and a right shoulder of the bust were blown off in the explosion, 
Croatian state-run radio said.  
No one took responsibility for the blast.  
Part of the village is a memorial to Tito's childhood, and the area is 
considered a national heritage site.  
Tito, who headed Yugoslavia from its creation at the end of World War II 
until his death in 1980, was credited for holding together a patchwork of 
different nationalities in what was then known as the Yugoslav federation.  

After his death many ex-Yugoslavs denounced Tito as a communist strongman who 
suppressed religion, persecuted his opponents and disregarded human 
rights.  
Croatian nationalists charge he was a criminal, responsible for the deaths of 
many Croats during his leadership.  
When Croatia's conservative government recently destroyed two monuments to 
the officials of Croatia's World War II pro-Nazi regime erected by nationalists, 
some Croats insisted that Tito's monuments should be destroyed as well.  
The ministry said it would swiftly repair damage to the statue.  


  
  
    
    
    
  
    
    
      
        
        
          
            
      
        
        
          
      
        
        
          Police 
            investigators look at the remains of a statue of the late Yugoslav 
            communist leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito, in Kumrovec, Croatia, 
            December 27, 2004. An explosive device knocked off the head of a 
            statue of late Yugoslav communist leader Marshal Tito in his native 
            village, state news agency Hina reported on Monday. REUTERS/ Davor 
            Kovacevic 
    
  
    
    
    
December 27, 2004 06:32 ET (11:32 GMT)- - 06 32 AM EST 12-27-04  
   







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