ZAGREB, CROATIA - At 2:20pm in Zagreb’s Margaretska Street, an man shot and killed one person, according to the police.

“The perpetrator is a man, who was born in 1978, which the police found at the scene of the crime.

He was taken to the police station where a criminal investigation is under way” said the spokesperson of the Zagreb police department, Aleksandra Ljuba.

“We cannot yet speak about the motives for the murder, but we call citizens who were near Margaretska Street at 2:20pm to call 92 or to come to the police station because they might have information that could help” said Ljuba.

She added that the investigation is under way, and that a judge from the County Court in Zagreb is at the scene, as well as the deputy County State Attorney, and a crime scene team.

According to witnesses from the gold shop in Margaretska Street, four shots from a firearm could be heard. According to unofficial information, a worker from the gold shop “Zagreb”, Ivica. I. killed the loan shark Branko Mijic, who is a person with a “rich” criminal file, who did time for murdering a police officer, after he came to cash in on debt.

According to unofficial information, Branko Mijic worked with the murdered Dino Pokrovec, and is the owner of the car salon “Auto Mijic”.

According to statements that were given to net.hr by a relative of the gold shop’s owner, Kristo Gjerga, the loan shark Mijic had already taken away goldsmith Ivica I.’s house and property.

Unofficial sources revealed that the loan shark entered the gold shop at around 2:20pm and sought money from Ivica I. again. After Ivica said that he had no money, Branko threatened that he will take the gold then, and that the worker should explain himself to the boss then.

Ivica I. then took out a pistol and shot the loan shark, and as we unofficially find out, this was in front of the owner of the gold shop, who needed medical assistance due to shock. The pistol that was used by Ivica I. was found at the scene of the crime.

The police blocked Margaretska Street from Ilica Street to the Oktogon passageway.

Take a look at photographs from the scene of the event in the photo gallery: Murder in the Centre of Zagreb.