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ZAGREB, Croatia -- Croatian canoeist Matija Ljubek, winner
of gold medals at the Montreal and Los Angeles Olympic games,
was shot dead by his brother-in-law in his hometown Wednesday, state news agency Hina reported.
It said the killer shot Ljubek in the eastern town of
Belisce before killing a Croatian army officer and wounding a
woman. He was later arrested.
Police said family disagreements were a possible motive,
the agency said. Ljubek was a member of the Croatian Olympic
Committee and had recently returned from the Sydney games.
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