Police in Croatia’s capital city of Zagreb suspect that a nun stabbed herself and then falsely reported that she had been attacked. Source: CNA.
The Zagreb Police Department is filing a criminal complaint against the 35-year-old nun, Sr Marija Tatjana Zrno, after a four-day investigation into the allegations. The initial incident made headlines, with many people first speculating it was a religiously motivated attack.
According to the report, Sr Zrno told police that an unknown perpetrator approached her with a knife and stabbed her, after which she was treated at the Sisters of Charity Hospital for minor injuries.
However, police allege their investigation confirmed that Sr Zrno purchased the weapon herself at a store in the Zagreb area. The police allege that their investigation determined that she inflicted the injury on herself.
The report alleges that Sr Zrno falsely reported the criminal offence with the intent of misleading the police, despite being aware that filing a false report carries a penalty.
The Archdiocese of Zagreb and the Episcopal Conference of Croatia, which represents the country’s Catholic bishops, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Sr Zrno, who belongs to the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Croatia and teaches religion at an elementary school in Zagreb, was hospitalised with the injuries on November 28 after she said she was stabbed in the city’s Malešnica neighbourhood.
Initial speculation on social media and in some media reports asserted that unnamed sources had claimed an attacker was a migrant who shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the stabbing.
The police report said the department’s criminal investigation found those claims to be false and that the department fully refutes them.
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Police suspect Croatian nun stabbed herself, falsely reported attack (By Tyler Arnold, CNA)
