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School shooting in Serbia
leaves eight children dead
By Sana Noor Haq and Sophie Tanno, CNN
Updated 6:31 a.m. ET, May 3, 2023
What we're covering
▪ Eight children and a security guard have been
killed in a school shooting in the Serbian
capital Belgrade, o=cials say.
▪ Another six children and a teacher were
injured in the attack, which took place in an
upmarket part of Belgrade.
▪ A 14-year-old boy is in custody following the
incident. O=cials say he used his father's gun
in the shooting.
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1 min ago
Teenage suspect was arrested
in school's yard
From CNN's Radina Gigova and Josh Pennington
Police o=cers escort a seventh grade student suspected of
firing several shots at a school in the capital Belgrade on May 3.
(Oliver Bunic/AFP/Getty Images)
A 14-year-old student suspected of opening fire
at the school he attended in Belgrade was
arrested by authorities in the school's yard,
according to o=cials.
"A student of this school K. K. (2009) who is
suspected of having committed this crime was
found and arrested," Serbia's Interior Ministry
said in a statement.
"All police forces are still on the ground and are
intensively working to shed light on all the facts
and circumstances that led to this tragedy," the
statement added.
17 min ago
7 people hospitalized in
Belgrade school shooting
From CNN's Radina Gigova and Josh Pennington
The deadly school shooting in Belgrade has left
seven people injured, according to Serbia's
Interior Ministry.
Six children and one teacher were hospitalized
after sustaining wounds from the attack,
according to the ministry.
33 min ago
Suspect in Serbia school
shooting photographed with
police
We've just got this image of the 14-year-old
suspect in the shooting being led away by
police.
Police o=cers escort a seventh grade student who is suspected
of firing several shots at a school in the capital Belgrade on
Wednesday. (Oliver Bunic/AFP/Getty Images)
26 min ago
Suspect "fired several shots
from his father's gun"
From CNN's Josh Pennington, Radina Gigova and Stephanie
Halasz
A parent escorts her child following a shooting at a school in the
capital Belgrade on Wednesday. (Oliver Bunic/AFP/Getty
Images)
Serbian authorities say the suspect in the
deadly shooting used a weapon belonging to
his father in the attack.
The Serbian Ministry of Internal A[airs said they
were informed at 8.40 a.m. local time (2.40 a.m.
ET) that a school shooting had happened at the
Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in Vračar,
an upscale area of the Serbian capital.
“All available police patrols were dispatched to
the scene, where they immediately went onto
the school grounds and apprehended a minor, a
seventh-grader who is suspected to have fired
several shots from his father's gun at students
and the school security guard," the ministry said
in a statement on Facebook.
25 min ago
BREAKING NEWS: 9 killed in
Belgrade school shooting
From CNN's Josh Pennington and Radina Gigova
Ambulances line up near the Vladislav Ribnikar school in
Belgrade on Wednesday. (Darko Vojinovic/AP)
At least nine people have been killed, including
eight children, after a student opened fire at an
elementary school in the Serbian capital
Belgrade on Wednesday, according to the
Tanjug news agency.
A 14-year-old boy is in custody following the
shooting.
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