Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit

Members of ATJ Lučko during the 16th anniversary of Operation Storm.

Anti-Terrorist Unit Lučko (Croatian: Antiteroristička jedinica Lučko or ATJ Lučko) is an elite Anti-Terrorist Unit of the Croatian Police stationed in Lučko near Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Like all police units in the country, it is under command of the Ministry of the Interior.[1]

History

The unit was established on September 7, 1990 and was the first Croatian fighting unit in the Croatian War of Independence.[2]It was also the only fighting unit of Croatian Special Police Forces at that time. During the course of the Croatian War of Independence, 13 officers were killed and 52 wounded in the unit of 350 members.

Notable persons

Professional mixed martial artist, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović, was a member of the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit for six years.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ministry of the Interior - mup.hr". www.mup.hr. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  2. ↑ Nazor, Ante (2007-01-01). Počeci suvremene hrvatske države: kronologija procesa osamostaljenja Republike Hrvatske : od Memoranduma SANU 1986. do proglašenja neovisnosti 8. listopada 1991 (in Croatian). Hrvatski memorijalno-dokumentacijski centar Domovinskog rata. ISBN 9789537439019.
  3. ↑ "MINISTAR DODIJELIO PRIGODNE NAGRADE - mup.hr". mup.hr. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.