Malta Independent

Former Dinamo Zagreb boss Mamic injured after shooting

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Controvers­ial former Dinamo Zagreb director Zdravko Mamic was shot and injured in Bosnia on Monday, police and media reported.

Croatia's state TV said Mamic was shot in his leg and taken to a local hospital on Monday. It said the injury was not lifethreat­ening.

Police were searching for two possible assailants.

Bosnian media said Mamic was attending a memorial for his father at a graveyard near the town of Tomislavgr­ad when two people fired at him from a nearby forest. A photo showing him with a smile in a hospital bed was published.

Bosnian police declined to confirm the identity of the victim by name, but said a man with the initials ZM and born in 1959 in the Croatian city of Bjelovar, just like Mamic, was shot and injured.

Mamic, known for his fiery temper, has been on a high-profile embezzleme­nt and tax fraud trial in Croatia.

Prosecutor­s accuse Mamic, his brother, and two others of embezzling 15 million euros of the club's money since 2008 and not paying 1.6 million euros in taxes.

Mamic, who remains Dinamo's adviser, is still considered the most powerful man in Croatian football despite the charges.

Dinamo issued a statement, condemning the attack and calling it a "murder attempt."

It said the attempted "liquidatio­n" of Mamic was not a surprise amid a "lynching campaign" against him by the Croatian media.

He was recently knocked off his yacht into the sea by an attacker believed to be a fan of rival Hajduk Split.

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