In the space of two days, two bloodbaths perpetrated by guns shook Serbia. Following the massacre at a Belgrade school by a 13-year-old boy, a man shot and killed eight people in a village near the Serbian capital. Police arrested the alleged perpetrator – a 21-year-old – in the city of Kragujevac, state television RTS and state news agency Tanjug reported, citing their own sources. Kragujevac is about 70 kilometers from the crime scene.
More than ten other people were injured in Thursday evening’s incident in the village of Dubona, 50 kilometers southeast of Belgrade. This was reported by Tanjug, citing the police. The suspected shooter then fled the scene. The police launched a massive manhunt and found his whereabouts. According to Tanjug, more than 600 police officers, including members of the anti-terrorist unit, were deployed with helicopters, drones and thermal imaging cameras.
The attacked people sat unsuspectingly on a bench in the center of the village, according to the newspaper’s website look. The perpetrator shot her from a vehicle. Nothing is known about his motives. According to unconfirmed media reports, a police officer and his sister were among the victims. Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic went to the scene of the events on Friday night. He described the act as a “terrorist act”. He did not elaborate on this.
In Serbia there was only a massacre in a Belgrade school on Wednesday. A 13-year-old student shot dead eight classmates and a security guard there. The police then took him into custody. Because of his age, the perpetrator is not yet of criminal responsibility in Serbia.
On Thursday, the Serbian cabinet decided that the Interior Ministry should carry out tightened inspections of gun owners over the next three months to check that firearms and ammunition are being kept in accordance with regulations. The government has also suspended issuing new gun licenses for two years. So she drew consequences from the school massacre on Wednesday.