Croatians attacked in Dublin, one man dead - read OP before posting

From what we know about the case it's pretty much a textbook example of a racist killing, no need to steer it anywhere.

To the best of my knowledge this type of killing is very much a new low for Ireland.

Not only has it not received much attention, people are even very transparently trying to deflect away from the racist aspect.

I'm aware of racist verbal abuse etc being fairly common in Ireland for a long time now, but this crime and the reaction to it clearly point to things having gotten a lot worse in the last year or two.

It's almost like you are trying to justify a racist killing

You're not helping yourself with this kind of dishonesty.

The poster just disagreed about the motive of the murder, and you say he is trying justify a violent killing.

You'd be well into defamation territory if the poster were under a real name eg Mr James Smith.

It says a lot that you try to downplay, deflect and deny the racist part of this death.

what exactly do you mean here

If you know the answer, can you enlighten me?

Are you going to the vigil yourself?

So the fact that their motives were clearly driven by racist, xenphobic views is not the root cause?

Its a way for the good people of Clondalkin to show their empathy, support and solidarity to the family of Josip.

Will you be going your goodself?

A protest can be done in many ways.

I'm sure Josips friends and family will appreciate the support shown by the local community though.

Did it say anything about the nationality of the perpetrators as yet? I did not believe they were caught yet?

Well you said "we all know the answer as to why there is no protests in Clondalkin"

I don't know the answer and and clearly you do, so I am asking you what it is?

Can anyone give an example of a case where a non-national was murdered by a Irish native with no prevous convictions, of hitherto good standing, employed or has prospects, who murdered a non-national for no reason other than racism?

Death penalty needs to reinstated for the most heinous crimes

That's some messed up logic. Victim blaming really.

Akin to: "We told those woman for years that they shouldn't have worn those short skirts. This horrible rape was inevitable"

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What do you mean? It was inevitable that foreign nationals would be attacked and some killed?

I grabbed one of the little shytes by the scruff of the neck one day, theyd been damaging my property. Had been warned off, spoke back.

There were tears. 5 mins later his early 20s sister is doing her best jeremy kyle guest act at my door.

Local kids gathered around ... calling me a rapist.

I had been watching tele.

Then glares from the local ma's the next day when I got home.

Shtbag parents. Everywhere. Raising a generation of immune little scumbags.

“Strok and his friend got involved in a commotion near a stop on Tower Road, Clondalkin around 9.45pm. Afterwards, they boarded a bus heading towards Bawnogue.”

What exactly happened beforehand? It’s all very vague.

Actually the friend who was also attacked gives an account in the Croatian newspaper linked in the journal article.

Followed them with a car and attacked them from behind

The friend said that he and Josip were like brothers. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they agreed to meet in Dublin, where they wanted to spend Easter, because they couldn't get tickets to Croatia. After hanging out in Dublin, Druzinec invited Štrok (in the photo) to his house in Clondalkin. But before that, they stopped to buy something to eat and a couple of beers, "so that they can hang out at home and have a good talk".

When they left the store, says Druzinec, the two friends were talking in Croatian. "I have to say, they started throwing insults at these idiots, because I can't call them people. They shouted at us 'You speak English, you are in Ireland, you are not at home, you have no respect for our country. This is Ireland...' and things like that," recounts the attacked boy.

At that, Druzinec told Štrok to get out of the way, "because he knows how things work in Dublin". They boarded the bus and headed towards the apartment, but they were unaware that someone was following them in a car. While they were walking towards the apartment, about fifteen minutes away, the guys who were throwing things at them in front of the store attacked them from behind.

They attacked him with a hard object

The friend says that the attack was unexpected, because they neither saw nor heard it. "They hit me first with something, I don't know if it was a bar or a bat, I asked the police the details they saw on the video, which they allegedly have. Basically, I fell when they started on Josip. After some time, I managed to get up and wanted to help him, but they started beating me again, even harder," recounts Druzinec, who says that's all he remembers

He does not know how long he lay on the floor, nor who called the ambulance and the police, nor how long it took for them to arrive. "I know that I woke up in the hospital, they were sewing my head, arcade, during the night there were police officers in the room with me, I think two. They took my clothes, which is clear to me, for the DNA of the attacker, they also took my cell phone and did not give it back for three days so I could call someone. I was alone, and I couldn't do anything," concludes Druzinec.

The police drove him from one place to another all day

He spent the next day with the Irish Guards, in clothes that were not his own, unwashed from the blood on his face. They drove him by car from one station to another, and Druzinec told them that he did not remember anything, except what he had already told them. Druzinec thinks that the police were trying to connect him and his friend Štrok with some gang or drug dealers, and both of them, according to Druzinec, had nothing to do with such things. "We are ordinary boys from Zagorje who here and there like to drink beer, wine or gemišt, and we were never interested in drugs," adds Druzinec.

The police confiscated his mobile phone, so they could easily check his contacts, he says. He told the police that he did not have any debts for which anyone could attack him, and they also questioned him about the house he entered three days before the attack, which was found by his employer.

"I was only there on Wednesday afternoon, Friday night and Saturday morning. I moved my things in, and Thursday and Friday I worked in Cork, a few hours away from Dublin. My colleague and I slept in a hotel in Cork. I don't know any neighbors around my new house, I just arrived. "I have no idea if something happened in that house before that," says Druzinec.

Translated from Croatian but his account is pretty clear that they were just two lads minding their own business.