Puniša Račić
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Puniša Račić (Serbian Cyrillic: Пуниша Рачић; 12 July 1886 – 16 October 1944) was a Serb leader and People's Radical Party (NRS) politician. He assassinated Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) representatives Pavle Radić and Đuro Basariček and mortally wounded HSS leader Stjepan Radić in a shooting which took place on the floor of the Yugoslav parliament on 20 June 1928. He was tried and handed a 60-year sentence, which was immediately reduced to twenty years. He served most of his sentence under house arrest and was killed by the Yugoslav Partisans in October 1944.
Quick Facts Member of Parliament in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Personal details ...
Puniša Račić | |
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Member of Parliament in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |
In office 27 September 1927 – 20 June 1928 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1886-07-12)12 July 1886 Slatina, Principality of Montenegro |
Died | 16 October 1944(1944-10-16) (aged 58) Belgrade, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Political party | People's Radical Party (NRS) |
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