As there were so many broken windows in the city centre streets , the next day '' Narodni list '' , a Zadar newspaper , published the headline '' Zadarska noć kristala '' ( roughly translated as " Zadar 's night of broken glass " , and the incident was later referred to by some sources as the '' kristalna noć '' ( or Kristallnacht ) of Zadar . The Croatian police response was inadequate , while the insurance company Croatia osiguranje agreed to compensate the Serb business owners for the riot damage . Đuro Kresović claimed the police station in Zadar and many of its uniformed officers were actively involved in the lead-up to the riot and the rioting itself . Kresović was demoted and afterwards discharged from his position at the Municipal Court
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
1991 riot in Zadar