Vinko Pintarić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Croatian serial killer
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Place of Birth: Zrinski Topolovac, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia
About Vinko Pintarić
- Vinko Pintaric (3 April 1941 – 25 May 1991) was a Croatian serial killer and outlaw who murdered five people over the course of 17 years and escaped from prisons and police stakeouts on multiple occasions.
- His violent, vindictive nature and proficiency with firearms struck fear into inhabitants of Hrvatsko Zagorje, a region of northern Croatia where he spent years at large, hiding from the law enforcement and engaging in various crimes, until his 1991 death in a shootout with the police. Protracted media coverage of his exploits made Pintaric a household name in Croatia and Yugoslavia and even brought him a degree of sympathy from the general public, who saw him as a Robin Hood-like figure, and dubbed him "Caruga of Zagorje", after an infamous post-World War I outlaw Jovo Stanisavljevic Caruga.
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