New mass shooting in Serbia leaves at least eight dead, according to local media

First modification: 05/05/2023 – 04:14Last modification: 05/05/2023 – 04:17

This Thursday, May 4, the attacker in the new shooting shot at people near the town of Mladenovac, some 50 kilometers south of the capital, before fleeing. According to local media, at least eight people died and 13 were injured.

The suspect, a 21-year-old man, fired from a moving vehicle. The police would be looking for the attacker. rmation is expected about this new act of violence by firearm from the authorities.

Serbian Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic called the shooting a “terrorist act”.

Second mass shooting in two days

On Wednesday, a 13-year-old boy used his father’s guns in a shooting at a Belgrade school. Eight of his classmates and a school guard died.

The authorities reported that it was a premeditated attack and that the suspect had a list of the victims he wanted to attack.

The authorities reported that the student was arrested after having confessed what happened. An investigation was opened to clarify the motives for the attack.

The boy apparently had the code to his father’s safe and took two handguns from the safe along with the bullets, police said Wednesday.

This Thursday, dozens of Serbian students paid tribute to their murdered classmates. Students filled the streets around the school in the center of Belgrade. Thousands of people also laid flowers, lit candles and left toys in memory of the murdered children.

The attack shocked the Balkan country, unaccustomed to this type of mass murder. Although many weapons from the wars of the 1990s are in circulation, mass shootings remain extremely rare.

Serbian teachers’ unions announced protests and strikes to demand change and warn of a crisis in the school system. A debate has also been opened on the general state of the nation after decades of crises and conflicts and a state of permanent insecurity and instability.

With AP and EFE