Germans Detained in Croatia Over Kids, Dog Locked in Hot Car

Germans Detained in Croatia Over Kids, Dog Locked in Hot Car
Photo showing a Croatian policeman in Zagreb on May 16, 2020. AFP via Getty Images
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ZAGREB, Croatia—A German couple have been detained in Croatia for leaving their two children and a dog in a locked car with closed windows in sweltering heat, police said Sunday.

A statement said that citizens in the northern coastal town of Porec on Friday evening alerted police after seeing the children and the dog in the car with German license plates.