'Mass murder in Serbia: fatal school shooting'
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School students mourn for the victims outside Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, May 4, 2023. Many in black and with flowers in hand, Serbian students on Thursday paid silent tribute to their peers who died yesterday when a 13-year-old boy drew his father's gun in Belgrade, Serbia.
An automatic weapons firefight late Thursday in a town near Belgrade left at least eight people dead and 10 injured, according to state television. Police are searching for a 21-year-old suspect who fled after the attack. Details are not yet known and police have not issued any statement.
On Wednesday in Belgrade, a 13-year-old boy used a weapon of his''s father in a school shooting that killed eight of his classmates and a school security guard. The bloodshed shocked a Balkan region unaccustomed to such mass killings.
Students mourn
Dozens of Serbian students, many in black and holding flowers, silently honored their peers on Thursday. Students filled the streets around the school in central Belgrade, coming from all corners of the city. Earlier, thousands of people lined up to lay flowers, light candles and leave toys in memory of the eight dead children and a school security guard who died Wednesday morning.
People cried and hugged in front of the school, standing next to piles of flowers, small bears and soccer balls. Next to the school fence was''posted a gray and pink toy elephant along with messages of grief, and the girl's ballet shoes hung from a fence.
The tragedy in the Balkan region
The Balkan region is trying to come to grips with what happened. Despite being overflowing with weapons left over from the wars of the 1990s, mass shootings were still extremely rare - the first school shooting in Serbia's modern history. The tragedy has also sparked debate about the overall state of the nation after decades of crises and conflict, the effects of which have led to persistent instability and uncertainty, as well as deep political divisions.Measures to tighten gun control
The authorities on Thursday passed measures to tighten gun control, urging citizens''lock the weapon up and keep it safely out of the reach of children. Police said the teen used his father's gun to carry out the attack. He had been planning it for a month, drawing class sketches and making lists of children he intended to kill, police said Wednesday.
Measures to tighten gun control
The authorities on Thursday passed measures to tighten gun control, urging citizens''lock the weapon up and keep it safely out of the reach of children. Police said the teen used his father's gun to carry out the attack. He had been planning it for a month, drawing class sketches and making lists of children he intended to kill, police said Wednesday.
"The Home Office is urging all gun owners to store their weapons carefully, locking them in safes or cupboards so they are out of reach of others, especially children," said a police statement, which also announced strict controls on gun owners in the future. 'teacher. One girl who was shot in the head is in critical condition and a boy has serious spinal injuries, doctors said Thursday morning.
To help people cope with the tragedy, authorities announced a hotline. Hundreds of people have responded to the call to donate blood for injured victims. A three-day period of mourning will begin Friday morning.
Protests and changes
The Serbian teachers' unions have announced protests and strikes, demanding changes and warning of a crisis in the education system.
Identification of the shooter
The shooter whom police''identified as Kosta Kecmanovic, provided no motive for his actions. Upon entering the school, Kečmanović first killed a security guard and three students in the hallway. He then went to the history classroom, where he shot a teacher and then turned the gun on the students.
Kecmanovich discharged the weapon in the schoolyard and called police himself, even though they had already received a message from a school spokesperson. After making the call, Kecmanovic told officers on duty that he was a "psychopath who needed to be calmed down," police said.
The deaths included seven girls, one boy and a school security guard. One of the girls was a French citizen, the French Foreign Ministry said. Authorities said Kecmanovic was too young to be charged and brought to trial. He was placed in'
Causes and Warnings
"I think we are all to blame. I think each one of us bears some responsibility for allowing some things that should not be allowed to happen," Belgrade resident Zoran Šefik said during an evening candlelight ceremony outside the school on Wednesday. Jovan Lazovic, another Belgrade resident, said he was not surprised. "It was a matter of days before something like this could happen, given what is happening in the world and here," he said.
The culture of weapons is widespread in Serbia and elsewhere in the Balkan region: the region is one''of the leaders in Europe in the number of guns per capita. Guns are often fired into the air at festivals, and the cult of the warrior is part of the national identity. However, the last massacre occurred in 2013, when a war veteran killed 13 people in a central Serbian village. Experts have repeatedly warned of the danger posed by the number of guns in a heavily divided country like Serbia, where convicted war criminals are glorified and violence against minorities often goes unpunished. They also note that decades of instability stemming from the conflicts of the 1990s, as well as continued economic hardship, could trigger similar outbreaks.
"We've had too much violence for too long,"''psychologist Zarko Trebesanin told N1 TV channel. 'Children copy the patterns. We need to eliminate negative patterns ... and create a different value system.".
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