Croatian PM calls psychiatric hospital death murder; friend alleges beating and suffocation

Croatian PM Andrej Plenković stated that recordings show the death of patient Kristijan Josip Perišić (32) at Zagreb's Sveti Ivan psychiatric hospital was murder. A friend alleges doctors beat and smothered him with a pillow, though this claim is unverified. The case has triggered a criminal investigation into potential medical homicide, a rare and serious deviation from standard patient-care norms.

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