At Least 8 Dead in Second Mass Shooting in Serbia in a Week

 

 At least eight people were killed, and 13 others injured in a shooting in the Serbian villages of Dubona and Sepsin on Friday. Serbian media reported that the shooter, identified as Uros B., 21, had an argument with a police officer of the same age in a schoolyard, took a firearm from home, and shot his “offender,” his sister, and another person. He then continued his shooting spree in the neighboring village of Sepsin, where he is suspected of evading police. Serbia’s law enforcement has launched a special operation to capture the shooter, and helicopters are reported to be flying over the immediate area. At least seven victims require surgery.

 

The latest incident comes after a school shooting on Wednesday in the Vrachar municipality in the center of the Serbian capital. Eight children and a guard were killed, while another six children and a teacher were wounded and transferred to an ambulance center and a children’s hospital. The Serbian police later detained the 14-year-old teenager on suspicion of the shooting. The seventh-grader used his father’s gun to commit the crime, and is thought to have been under the influence of drugs. He reportedly planned the attack a month in advance and had a plan of the school building and a list of students he intended to kill.

 

The Serbian government has declared a nationwide three-day mourning period starting May 5 for the victims of the school shooting, with Serbian Education Minister Branko Ruzic calling it “the greatest tragedy that has ever happened in Serbia and in our educational system in recent history.” In response to the school shooting, the Serbian government has agreed to lower the age limit of criminal responsibility for minors from 14 to 12 years and introduce several new measures.

 

 

 Source:  EU Times