Do privođenja je došlo šest dana nakon što je Pukanić, suvlasnik i glavni urednik hrvatskog političkog sedmičnjaka Nacional, poginuo u autu-bombi 23. oktobra u centru Zagreba, zajedno s direktorom marketinga tog lista Nikom Franjićem.
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.