{"id":232924,"date":"2023-05-03T15:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T22:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/?p=232924"},"modified":"2023-05-16T17:37:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T00:37:37","slug":"eight-children-one-security-dead-in-serbia-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/eight-children-one-security-dead-in-serbia-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight children, one security dead in Serbia school shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GettyImages-1252556336-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Police officers guard the school entrance following a shooting at a school in the capital Belgrade on May 3, 2023. - Serbian police arrested a student following a shooting at an elementary school in the capital Belgrade on May 3, 2023, the interior ministry said. The shooting occurred at 8:40 am local time (06:40 GMT) at an elementary school in Belgrade's downtown Vracar district. (Photo by Oliver Bunic \/ AFP) (Photo by OLIVER BUNIC\/AFP via Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-232927\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Police officers guard the school entrance following a shooting at a school in the capital Belgrade on May 3, 2023. &#8211; Serbian police arrested a student following a shooting at an elementary school in the capital Belgrade on May 3, 2023, the interior ministry said. The shooting occurred at 8:40 am local time (06:40 GMT) at an elementary school in Belgrade&#8217;s downtown Vracar district. (Photo by OLIVER BUNIC\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/geraldyn-berry\">Geraldyn Berry<\/a><br>3:25 PM \u2013 Wednesday, May 3, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 13-year-old opened fire on Wednesday at Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in Belgrade, Serbia, killing eight students and one security officer. Six more students are reportedly injured and a teacher has been admitted to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd34 School shooting in Belgrade, Serbia:<br><br>A 14-year-old student killed eight students and a security guard, marking the first mass shooting in the country in a decade. At least six students and a teacher were also wounded.<br><br>Police arrested the shooter. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DuHfzKhF8U\">pic.twitter.com\/DuHfzKhF8U<\/a><\/p>&mdash; kos_data (@kos_data) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kos_data\/status\/1653740563009613824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Belgrade&#8217;s Police Chief&nbsp;Veselin Mili\u0107 spoke at a news conference following the tragedy and shared that the suspect was believed to have been planning the attack \u201cfor a month,\u201d drawing a map of the school, as well as having a list of students that he planned to target. According to the police chief, the teenage suspect had later called the police himself and waited until he was arrested in the yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Breaking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Breaking<\/a> School shooting in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Belgrade?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Belgrade<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Serbia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Serbia<\/a> . The shooter (14yrs old) already had kill list and school floor plan prepared in advance. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/schoolshooting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#schoolshooting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/school?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#school<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VDyJicfKHZ\">pic.twitter.com\/VDyJicfKHZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Serbian Team UN SC 1244 \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 (@SerbianTeam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SerbianTeam\/status\/1653736077788577794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cHe left the classroom, went out into the schoolyard, releasing the magazine from the weapon, throwing it down the steps,\u201d Mili\u0107 said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Mili\u0107 said that the boy was armed with his father\u2019s 9mm pistol, a small caliber pistol, and four Molotov cocktails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe parent had several pieces of weapon and kept them locked up. The safe had a code. Obviously, the kid had the code as soon as he managed to get hold of those two guns. And three frames full of 15 bullets each,\u201d authorities said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and the Higher Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Belgrade, the student\u2019s parents have also been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In accordance with Serbia\u2019s law on Juvenile Offenders and the Criminal Legal Protection of Minors, the 13-year-old suspect will not be held criminally responsible, as he has not reached the age of 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect&#8217;s father was ordered to be detained for up to 48 hours on \u201csuspicion of having committed the criminal offense of serious offenses against general security.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities announced that the boy would be housed in a specialized mental hospital. As part of the on-site investigation, the prosecutor&#8217;s office mandated that social workers be present when interviewing the suspect and completing a medical evaluation on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the report, the 13-year-old&#8217;s blood was drawn for toxicological testing to see if he was under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other psychoactive substances when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a televised address to the country, President Aleksandar Vucic described the attack as &#8220;the most difficult day in the modern history of our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serbia has declared three days of national mourning over the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 13-year-old opened fire on Wednesday at Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in Belgrade, Serbia, killing eight students and one security officer. Six more students are reportedly injured and a teacher has been admitted to the hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":232927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[24022,25285,24028,645,4529,24025],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GettyImages-1252556336-e1683151985604.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Geri Berry","author_link":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/author\/geri-berry\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232924"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247093,"href":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232924\/revisions\/247093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}