BREAKING: A teenage boy opened fire in a school in the center of Serbia's capital, Belgrade, killing eight children and a school guard, authorities said.
— A teenage boy opened fire Wednesday in a school in the center of Serbia's capital, Belgrade, killing eight children and a school guard, police and the SerbianPolice identified the shooter by his initials, K.K. The statement said he was a student at the school and was born in 2009. He was arrested in the school yard, officials said.
Police block streets around the Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade, Serbia, May 3, 2023, after a teenage boy allegedly opened fire in the school.A statement on the government's website said authorities were"intensively working to shed light on all the facts and circumstances that led to this tragedy."
Police said in an earlier statement that they received a call about the shooting in the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school at around 8:40 a.m. The suspect was a seventh grade student at the school, police said. The statement added that the boy apparently fired several shots from his father's gun at a teacher, other students and the school guard.
Reports said terrified parents arrived to the school trying to find their children. Local media video from the scene showed commotion outside the school as police removed the suspect, whose head was covered as officers led him to a car parked in the street. Mass shootings in Serbia and in the wider Balkan region are extremely rare and none has been reported in schools in recent years. Darko Vojinovic/AP
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