Serbia’s education minister submitted his resignation after two shootings in and around Belgrade, one of them at a primary school, killed 17 people.
Serbia’s education minister submitted his resignation Sunday following two mass shootings, one of them at a primary school, that, and the country’s government urged citizens to turn in all their unregistered weapons or run the risk of a prison sentence.
The next day, a 20-year-old man fired randomly in two villages in central Serbia, killing eight people, authorities said. Both he and the boy suspected in the primary school attack were apprehended. The boy is too young to be criminally charged and was placed in a mental clinic. The man, identified as Uros Blazic, faces charges of first-degree murder and unauthorized possession of guns and ammunition.
“We invite all citizens who possess illegal weapons to respond to this call, to go to the nearest police station and hand in weapons for which they do not have proper documents,” police official Jelena Lakicevic said.
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