Slovenia detains Croatian murder suspect near border


LJUBLJANA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Slovenian police have detained a Croatian national suspected of killing his pregnant wife and seriously injuring her sister in a shooting incident in northern Croatia, authorities said on Saturday.

The 40-year-old suspect was apprehended on Saturday in the municipality of Crensovci, near the Slovenian-Croatian border, after a joint search operation by police from both countries, Bojan Rous, chief investigator at the Murska Sobota Police Department, told reporters.

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