A student shot at classmates and school staff in a Belgrade school on Wednesday, killing eight people. This was reported by state television RTS, citing the Serbian Ministry of the Interior. Six school children, a teacher and a security guard were among the dead.
Previously, the Ministry of the Interior had only officially announced that the police had arrested a suspected shooter. The shots were fired from his father’s pistol, it said. Nothing was initially known about the motives of the young person.
The news portal “nova.rs” reported, citing unspecified sources, that the alleged perpetrator, a 14-year-old seventh-grade student, broke into a class and shot at the students. RTS reported that at least three school children were taken to the hospital. This information was not officially confirmed at first.
The police and rescue workers went to the school in the center of Belgrade in large numbers. The police cordoned off the surrounding area over a large area, as reported by the media. Education Minister Branko Ruzic and Health Minister Danica Grujicic also went to the scene of the tragedy.
