Mass shootings are comparatively rare in Serbia, but the country is awash with hundreds of thousands of illegal weapons. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BELGRADE – Eight pupils and a security guard were killed when a boy opened fired at a Belgrade elementary school on Wednesday morning, according to the news agency Tanjug, quoting a source in the Interior Ministry.One teacher was also injured and was receiving emergency treatment, Tanjug reported.
“She managed to escape. ... first shot the teacher and then he started shooting randomly,” Mr Milosevic told broadcaster N1. Casualties were being treated and an investigation into the motives behind shooting was under way, police said in a statement. Mass shootings are comparatively rare in Serbia, which has very strict gun laws. But the western Balkans are awash with hundreds of thousands of illegal weapons following wars and unrest in the 1990s.
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