Big game hunter shot dead while hunting lions in South Africa

Croatian Pero Jelinic was killed in unexplained incident as he took aim

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A Croatian trophy hunter who, according to friends, had “hunted everything that could be hunted in Europe” has been shot dead while taking part in a South African hunting expedition.

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