A tragic #schoolshooting in #Belgrade on Wednesday, May 3 left eight students and a security guard dead, with the suspected 13-year-old gunman allegedly using his father’s two handguns to carry out the pre-planned attack, police say.
Six other pupils and a teacher were hospitalized, some with life-threatening injuries. The young suspected attacker, who will be placed in a psychiatric institution due to being below Serbia’s age of criminal responsibility, surrendered to the police after the shooting. His parents have also been arrested in connection with the incident.
The devastating event has prompted Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic to announce stricter #guncontrol measures, including a moratorium on new gun licenses, revisions of existing permits, and increased surveillance of shooting ranges and civilian weapon storage.
#Serbia has a high rate of #gun ownership, with many #firearms still unaccounted for since the #Balkan wars of the 1990s. In 2018, the country ranked third globally for the number of firearms per 100 people.
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