The Zrinski Topolovac shooting was a mass shooting that occurred in Zrinski Topolovac, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia on 1 January 1993, when 28-year-old soldier Vinko Palić killed nine people and wounded seven others at a New Year's Eve party, before committing suicide.
[1] In the first hours of 1 January 1993 in the Zrinski Topolovac clergy house, the party (attended by about 40 people) took place.
At the party, he shot dead 8 guests, including his rival, the woman who he disputed over and his brother, and injured 6 others.
He also killed one police officer and wounded another when they arrived on call.
He had returned from the Croatian War of Independence two weeks before the shooting.