Shooting in Belgrade primary leaves 9 dead, almost all minors
- May 3, 2023
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Nine people were killed, including eight minors, and several were injured at a school in Belgrade when a 14-year-old boy, a student at this institution, fired a pistol
Nine people were killed, including eight minors, and several were injured at a school in Belgrade when a 14-year-old boy, a student at this institution, fired a pistol at his classmates, teachers and security personnel this morning.
According to a statement from Serbian Ministry of the Interiorthe ninth victim is a security officer of the institution.
The note states that six students and a teacher were injured and are being treated in two hospitals in Belgrade.
A young man suspected of committing a crime was found and detained on the playground of an elementary school.Vladislav Rybnikar“, located near the center of Belgrade.
A seventh grade student fired a pistol believed to be his father’s at several students and school security personnel.
The security forces also warned about the discovery of a backpack with weapons and bottles with flammable liquid inside. And this weapon, and the one from which the shooting was carried out, allegedly belonged to the father of the minor, who had the appropriate licenses.
In the school area, near the center of Belgrade, numerous police patrols are deployed with special response teams who are working to establish the facts and circumstances leading to the tragedy.
Sinisa Ducic, director of the hospital in “Tirsova”, One of the clinics where the victims were sent told local television that three children had been hospitalized, one of them a girl with severe head injuries.
After police chief Veselin Milic was apprehended, he explained that it was the suspect himself, known by the abbreviation KK, who called the authorities to inform them about the shooting he had just committed at an elementary school in the area of ul. Vracar, around 8:40 am (local time). The minor planned it for a month and even made a list of his goals.
The government confirmed that the suspect often went to the shooting range with his father, but those around him did not arouse suspicion. According to his classmates, he attended a birthday party the day before, where he acted completely normal.
after the fact Ministry of Education classes were canceled in all schools in the capital, and three days of national mourning were declared as a token of condolences over what had happened. On the morning of this Thursday, the authorities also announced a moment of silence.
(According to EFE and Reuters)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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