Overview
- Zagreb police say Sister Marija Tatjana Zrno purchased a knife and injured herself, finding her report of an attack was fabricated after a four-day probe.
- Authorities have forwarded a criminal complaint to the Municipal State Attorney’s Office on suspicion of falsely reporting a criminal offense.
- Police confirmed the nun was treated for a minor abdominal injury and discharged in stable condition, and she is now recovering in hospital.
- Investigators initially examined a possible ideological motive as local reports alleged a migrant shouted religious slogans, a detail police never confirmed.
- Social posts amplifying the migrant claim continued to circulate as a local journalist defended his source, while fact-checkers noted the nun was alive and under investigation.