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Symbols of the Nazi-allied Ustasha regime were brandished during Thompson's concert, while some fans were seen using the Nazi salute, according to local media.
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ZAGREB (AFP)---Three Croatian associations said Monday they had lodged a formal complaint against a local singer who allegedly made the salute of Croatia's former pro-Nazi Ustasha regime during a concert.
They want the authorities to take court action against 41-year-old Marko Perkovic, known by his stage name of Thompson, for discrimination towards members of the Jewish, Roma and Serb communities.
The three non-governmental organisations accuse the singer of having made the salute during a concert in Zagreb's main square in May.
Some 60,000 people attended the concert, which was organised by veterans of Croatia's 1991-1995 war of independence from the former Yugoslavia.
Symbols of the Nazi-allied Ustasha regime were brandished during the concert, while some fans were seen using the Nazi salute, according to local media.
In recent years Thompson, who always wears black, has been banned from giving concerts in several European countries because of his pro-Ustasha sympathies.
The Ustasha killed hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews, anti-fascist Croatians, Roma and others in Croatian concentration camps during World War II.