The detentions came six days after Pukanic, co-owner and editor-in-chief of the Croatian political weekly Nacional, died in a car bombing in downtown Zagreb on October 23rd, along with the newspaper's marketing director, Niko Franjic.
Uhićenja su izvršena šest dana nakon što su Pukanić, suvlasnik i glavni urednik hrvatskog političkog tjednika Nacional, i direktor marketinga u tjedniku Niko Franjić poginuli u eksploziji bombe u središtu Zagreba, 23. listopada.