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Outrage after same-sex couple effigy burned at Croatian festival
February 24, 2020
ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia’s president and government joined activists Monday in expressing outrage at the burning during a carnival of an effigy showing a same-sex couple with their child.
The incident occurred Sunday in the southern town of Imotski. A large effigy showing two men embracing each other was torched in front of cheering festival goers to the sound of the funeral music.
President Zoran Milanovic condemned the incident as an “inhumane, totally unacceptable act.” He demanded that the organizers apologize, while an LGBT group announced legal action.
“The event was observed by many children who could witness the spreading of hatred and inciting to violence,” Milanovic said in a statement.
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