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Marijan

Lučko

Since he was a child, he loved football, and his second love was – chess.

Marijan was born in the spring of 1962 in Zagreb in a working-class family. Ivan and Katarina, born Švigir, had three sons, and Marijan was the middle child. As a boy, he played with his older brother Josip and younger brother Zdenko.

He finished elementary school in Zagreb, after which he enrolled in a high school of graphics. There he acquired the profession of bookbinder. For many years he was employed at the General Trading Company.

Since he was a child, he loved football, and his second love was – chess. Marijan was a person of exceptional character. He was quick-tempered, but also a "man of his word". He was there for his friends and later his comrades.

Namely, Marijan bravely decided to defend Lijepa Naša in the early nineties. As a volunteer, he joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs, PU Zagrebačka, and shortly after that he became a member of the active staff of the 1st "A" brigade of TNG "Tigrovi". He was a soldier, commander of the tenth.

Marijan died a heroic death. He died sleeping his friend and fellow soldier Robert Močiljanin, during which he was hit by a sniper's bullet. He was only thirty years old.

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