Serbia shooting: Eight children dead after teenage boy 'opens fire' at school
dailyrecord.co.ukA teenage boy opened fire in a school in central Belgrade Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard, police have said.
Six more children and a teacher were injured.Police identified the shooter by his initials, K.K. The statement said he was a student at the school and was born in 2009.
He was arrested in the school yard, officers confirmed.The force received a call about the shooting in the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school around 8.40 a.m.
Serbian media have reported that a school guard was killed in the shooting. Police gave no other details. Reports said terrified parents arrived to the school trying to find their children.Local media footage from the scene showed commotion outside the school as police removed the suspect, whose head was covered as officers led him to a car parked in the street.Mass shootings in Serbia and in the wider Balkan region are extremely rare and none has been reported in schools in recent years.
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