So Croatia’s #1 public enemy was shot in the leg Tuesday outside of Tomislavgrad, Herzegovina in an apparent assassination attempt. At least that’s what reports out of Croatia are saying. Zdravko Mamić was attending mass and visiting the gravesite of his late father on the anniversary of his death when two masked men approached the Mamić entourage, ultimately shooting him in the leg and immediately fleeing afterwards.
Now, we all know the man has enemies. And I’ve heard plenty of Croatians around the globe over the years (both in public and private) make the, “…someone should just take out Mamic already” joke.
And here we are. The day came where somebody made a run at Mamić. Or did they?
There’s a saying across Croatia that “Croatians are more Catholic than the Pope.” Christmas, Easter, Sunday mass, baptisms. You just don’t mess with it. There’s a code. All may be fair in love and war, but not on church grounds.
So as I woke up Tuesday morning to the news that the all-mighty Zdravko Mamić was shot, I immediately assumed it was game over for him. But it wasn’t it. If someone was actually ready to do the deed to a man who can be compared to legendary gangster Al Capone; you would think it would be well rehearsed and well executed. But it wasn’t. It was a scratch.
Something didn’t sit well with me when only hours later, reports out of the hospital were that Mamić was laughing and socializing like nothing had happened. He even had time for some photo ops.
The man is not dumb. He doesn’t just run Croatian football. He runs Croatia.
During his court trials earlier in the summer, where Dinamo Zagreb’s mismanagement of funds came into question, judges from Osijek had to be flown in because Mamić was already best buddies with all the Zagreb judges.
When I spoke to HNS president Davor Šuker in Los Angeles earlier in the year (off camera) he told me, “we all know what goes on in Croatia. There’s nothing for me to say.”
Mamić is a powerful man. More powerful than you could imagine. But the guy has been under pressure by Croatian prosecutors for over a year now and it looks like it has weakened him. A rat will chew off its own tail to get out of a corner, and that’s exactly what Mamić did on Tuesday. Chew.
He just had one of his own guys (safely) shoot him in the leg to get out of this corner.
That was no assassination attempt. That was a public cry for sentiment. A way for Mamić to be the victim in the eyes of Croatians for once. Maybe I’m being overly cynical but I just can’t buy it.
Leaving church. Visiting the grave of his late father. Shot in the leg by masked men?!
This is a plot line George R.R. Martin would be proud of. But I’m not buying it. The man is a mastermind and didn’t get this far in life by not manipulating a few situations. He will now play the victim card. He will go after a scapegoat with great vengeance and furious anger. No one will care. And the status quo will remain intact in Croatia.
Mamić didn’t dance with death today. He simply orchestrated a poorly executed play. Maybe he is losing it. And maybe that’s why he needed this.
However, Mamić did not seem angry or bitter that someone tried to kill him.
I’d be a bit more shaken up if someone put a hit on me. Wouldn’t you?
Has anyone considered that he may have been professionally shot in the leg once as a warning ?
@Jarac
finally you make a good comment 🙂
Terrible article, terrible headline
^ Stop . Nobody should be shot. Peace on Earth
@^
F U idiot
@Yugos
Who would you guys assassinate in Croatia if you could do so with impunity? I’m guessing no one but Zdravko Mamic.
My list is,
5. Kolinda
4. Milanovic
3. Mesic
2. Ostojic
1. Pupovac
Hatred of these people is merited, with Zdravko Mamic it is not.
“Croatians are more Catholic than the Pope.”
Let’s keep it real guys, Croatians are more Yugoslav than the Serbs is more fitting in my humble opinion.
^ F U
^
Piss off no one wants you here.
Slavo from Canada . STOP the Maddness . Dinamo &Mamic are no good
@slavonac
Impressive posts. Once again you nailed it.
This is the type of article you shake your head at.
I’m confused with the allegations of this being a setup?
Unless we know it was 2 professional assassins (unlikely) attempting to murder Mamic, why was it so strange that only 1 bullet hit him.
Who is to say that it wasn’t 2 drunk/high hooligans thinking it was a good idea after seeing him earlier that day, only to shit themselves and firing only 1 shot in fear before fleeing.
Understand it’s an opinion but seriously, credibility is something you cannot easily regain once lost.
he definitely is a strange cat but the media is making things worse for themselves. if they would just report things without adding their twisted bs and allow him to screw himself, things would be a whole lot easier but in the meantime, CNN is making people side with him over them.
Good!
Trumps a fucking joke and needs to be impeached.
Poglavnik…asking for a wink wink favorable outcome, leniency…suggesting…is farrrr different from asking to drop or let him go. thats the thing and words do matter. he didn’t directly ask Comey to drop it, he was hopeful things would work out for Flynn.
lets see what happens with that case!
the Loretta Lynch situation was an “order” and yet crickets on CNN
I can hardly wait to see what happens with the IT guy that Wasserman Schultz hired…thats a beauty. the Dems refused to let the FBI investigate a so-called wink wink Russian hack but it was reported as one. now…we are hearing reports the IT guy and his family took tons and tons of files from Democratic Congressmen…once again…crickets from CNN!
“Probably paid off …”
Lol probably huh
@Slavonac
Angry? Me?!
Just joining the tone of the conversation 😉
Come on man, can’t you read between those lines?
Just because it wasn’t a “direct order” doesn’t mean he wasn’t asking him for a favor.
Anywho, as you were…
Mamic is smug Ante, he has every reason to be…he’s probably paid off judges, lawyers, cops, delegates, politicians….and they all took the bait…cause thats how things operate over there.
Poglavnik, why you acting all mad…angry?
“The former FBI director says no one in the White House directly asked him to drop the investigation”
Testifying in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, however, Mr Comey said neither the president nor his staff had directly asked him to shut down the investigation.
“Did anyone ever ask you to stop the Russia investigation?” Intelligence Committee chairman Richard Burr asked Mr Comey.
“Not to my understanding, no,” Mr Comey replied.
you are still in my good books, even if you’re wrong!
being misinformed sucks eh!?
…for the record, Comey is a real piece. the guy has zero credibility with Dems and Reps:
this is to prove my point to you, direct transcript:
SEN. JAMES RISCH: Words matter. You wrote down the words so we can all have the words in front of us now. There’s 28 words now in quotes. It says, quote, I hope — this is the president speaking — “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.” Now, those are his exact words, is that correct?
JAMES COMEY: Correct.
RISCH: You wrote them here and put them in quotes.
COMEY: Correct.
RISCH: Thank you for that. He did not direct you to let it go?
COMEY: Not in his words, no.
RISCH: He did not order you to let it go?
COMEY: Again, those words are not an order.
RISCH: He said, I hope. Now, like me, you probably did hundreds of cases, maybe thousands of cases, charging people with criminal offenses and, of course, you have knowledge of the thousands of cases out there where people have been charged. Do you know of any case where a person has been charged for obstruction of justice or, for that matter, any other criminal offense, where they said or thought they hoped for an outcome?
COMEY: I don’t know well enough to answer. The reason I keep saying his words is I took it as a direction.
^ ^
So was it okay that Trump asked Comey to drop the Flynn probe but not okay what Loretta Lynch did?
And you mention the Russian dossier being thin?!
Yeah, about as thin as my thick curac!
For someone that’s hell-bent on facts you lost me after that..
Call me cynical. I just don’t buy it.
And this is not anti-Dinamo, just so you know. Dinamo has given Croatia some credibility over the past decade. I root for the team in Europe because it’s good for Croatian football.
But don’t get me started on Hajduk. They can’t control 20 fans that wherever they go, whether its at Everton or against Czech in Euro 2016, cause trouble. It’s getting old. But that is the ultimate microcosm of how people feel in Croatia.
True about land/business in Croatia. It’s impossible to get anything off the ground.
But one bullet is not going to get the trick done.
It was his smug face in the hospital taking pictures with everyone. Not shaken up at all. Just doesn’t add up.
Ante:
“We all know the facts. He was leaving church and 2 masked men tried to kill him with ONE bullet. ONE!”
how far away were the perpetrators when they took the shot? was anyone close to Mamic and the perps only wanted to kill him and not anyone else? reports said the shots were fired from a nearby forrest…so your theory is starting to sink. maybe there were obstacles and not a great shot…but they tried anyways, under the cover of a forrest…who knows?!
…and Ante, to think that a rapist would get some type of sympathy for being shot…what does that mean…the rapist wouldn’t be penalized?
Mamic is a crook, BIG TIME for Croatia’s standards, but look at the state of the entire political situation. holy cow, they are in the stone ages over there…so is the US when you have Loretta Lynch telling James Comey to not pursue an investigation on Hillary Clinton…
The legal system is atrocious, but we don’t complain about it cause we don’t deal with it. I know people that bought property in Croatia and then found out they don’t own it…and never resolved the issue.
type in Croatia corruption into Google and see all the articles written based on WORLD view, not your opinion, your opinion is so skewed because you hate a team more than you love your people!
maybe Mamic isn’t considered Dinamo, but his footprint is there. that has no bearing on your comment and no justification for making such an allegation…one that your Hajduk buddies can chuckle at!
Mamic has never been the victim in anything… but this silly allegation is also as thin as the Russian dossier based on no logic, no facts, no details…only shady possibilities.
@ Cigan,
Musket. Good stuff man. Thank you for my morning chuckle.
The Red Coats are coming!!!
@ Slavonac,
Mamic is no longer considered Dinamo in my book. He is bigger than the league. He is bigger than the HNS. Kolinda can’t even touch the guy.
And this isn’t fake news dude. It’s an editorial. My opinion. 100%.
We all know the facts. He was leaving church and 2 masked men tried to kill him with ONE bullet. ONE!
Then he’s happy go lucky during his photo ops for the press.
Come on man!
Come on man. This
OMG…thats all I can say about this comment:
“He just had one of his own guys (safely) shoot him in the leg to get out of this corner”
Either you have inside information or you just got the bonehead of the year award….#FakeNews 101
how the hell do you write something as stupid as this and not expect to be deemed the National Enquirer of our community? I’m baffled by this ridiculous allegation and think you should change the name of this website to:
Hajduk Ball Suckers!!!
Uniting Croatians? or Uniting only dalmatinci…Hajduk fans?
nobody gives a shit about Mamic but writing a stupid conspiracy theory about something like this has dropped your credibility, where the hell did you get this idea ….and why would you say a thing like this prior to having any facts…to spread a fake story and hope it gets traction?!?!
Ante Zizic to the cavs
Push those court dates back
^^^^^ yes yes yes x100
When I first saw the news i was pretty shocked. But then became skeptical as i read on… Gunmen ran up to him after “church” and shot him “once” in the “leg”??? Bullet didn’t shatter bone, didn’t even hit bone or any major blood vessels. Thats lucky. But why only shoot once? A standard semi automatic pistol can fire off 10 rounds in a few seconds. Was the gunman using a musket?!? Whole situation is bizarre i doubt its legit. Furthermore in those photos he is smiling like he just won the lottery.
Ridiculous article. This seems like Ziva and his obsession with Mamic.
So now Mamic is public enemy number one. Ridiculous.
Hrvati are way too good at shooting to miss like that.
The people in Croatia are so greedy, that’s why they envy Mamic.
Mamic wouldn’t even make my list of targets for assassination in Croatia.
I will put up a list of people I would assassinate later.
I don’t dig on the dude but this is going to far
Just a another embarrassing moment for our country. Hopefully it’s just fake news because it was nice to read on Croatian footy without having his named attached to it.
Hard to believe scum like Mamic still goes to church.
I have even less respect for him now.
Could be that two Mohammedans were planning an attack on the Church but when they saw Mamic they put their plans on hold. Or, a Yugo c*nt did it.
Hard to believe any Traditional Croat would shoot someone leaving Church.
After mass…tsk tsk
Ain’t anybody ever heard of the Sunday morning truce
@idemo
they are chicken shits, cover themselves up and run when the police show up, embarrassing to say the least
should have seen them at the Everton Hajduk match in the crowd
all hoodies on caps on their head and huge glasses.
I bet a Yugo cunt did it.
If it was one of the morons who caused problems in France during our games with their flares and fighting, I’m not too surprised that they failed to kill Mamic. Those idiots are really capabel of nothing.
I fear it’s the Torcida because Mamic refused to go to a hospital in Split.
Just wait and see…
Don’t know fellas I don’t know
That point blank if you want to kill someone you easily kill him
Was it a message?
Did he set this up to take some pressure off of him?
Don’t know I just don’t know
In Hercegovina so they can go back across the border?
That was my comment.
Lets hope it’s not a Torcida member who fired. That would be the end of Hajduk Split as football team. To be honest: I don’t like Mamic but you have to be an animal to gun somebody down who comes out of the chapel for a mess for his late father. Even mobsters would wait for a better time.
Sad
Well when you basically human traffic somebody won’t like it. So there’s your proof!
Wow!