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THOMPSON WEARING A T-SHIRT DEDICATED TO USTASH TERRORIST He came on stage with the number 03941158, this is what it's about

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Serbia

Saturday, July 5


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Namely, the numbers on the shirt are dedicated to Ustasha terrorist Zvonko Bušić, who spent 32 years in an American prison for planting a bomb at a New York train station and hijacking a plane from which he dropped leaflets with which he wanted to"point out the unfavorable status of Croatia in the former SFRY". By the way, all those years he was"prisoner number 03941158".

Marko Perković Tompson
Photo: screenshot
Marko Perković Thompson
Marko Perković Thompson
Photo: Antonio Bat / EPA;
Marko Perković Thompson

His wife Julijana Eden Bušić, Petar Matanić, Frane Pešut and Slobodan Vlašić participated in those actions with Bušić and were responsible for them.

On September 10, 1976, they hijacked a TWA plane with 92 passengers flying from LaGuardia Airport in New York to Chicago.

Na binu je izašao u crnoj majici na kojoj ima broj 03941158.
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He went on stage wearing a black T-shirt with the number 03941158 on it.

The plane flew across the Atlantic from the USA and landed in Iceland, and then flew to London. The hijackers dropped leaflets over London, after which they continued their journey towards Paris, over which leaflets were also dropped.

Ustaški terorista Zvonko Bušić
Photo: HRT 2 / screenshot
Ustasha terrorist Zvonko Bušić

After that, the plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, where Bušić and his associates surrendered to the police.

A year later, the Bušić spouses were sentenced to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and death of police officers while trying to dismantle a planted explosive device, while the other kidnappers received 30 years in prison each, but in the meantime they were pardoned and released.

Marko Perković Thompson
Photo: Antonio Bat / EPA;
Marko Perković Thompson
Marko Perković Tompson
Photo: DAMIR SENCAR / AFP / Profimedia
Marko Perković Thompson
Marko Perković Thompson
Photo: Antonio Bat / EPA;
Marko Perković Thompson

ACCORDING TO THE CROATIAN MEDIA, 215 THOUSAND PEOPLE AT THE CONCERT

As reported by"Index.hr" torches were lit, and fireworks were set off.

As the aforementioned portal further states, 215,000 people entered the Hippodrome by 8 p.m..

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