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Dagobah Resident
This was brought to me by one of my participants in my online-teaching. It seems to be a horrible thing.
I found an article on SWR which I copy here - translated by deepl.com
"A student shot at fellow students and staff in a Belgrade school on Wednesday, killing nine people.
The first shots were fired at the school in the Vracar district in the centre of the Serbian capital Belgrade at 08:40 on Wednesday morning. The police immediately sent all available police patrols to the school, the Serbian Interior Ministry said. The suspected perpetrator, a 13-year-old seventh-grade student, was found in the schoolyard and arrested.
Deadly shooter had weapons and Molotov cocktails
He was carrying two of his father's weapons and four Molotov cocktails. According to senior police officer Veselin Milic, the shooter first killed the member of the security staff and then three students in a corridor. He then entered a history classroom and opened fire again.
He had apparently chosen the room because he was near the entrance, Milic said. The attacker called the police himself after the attack.
The police did not give any information on the motive and background of the youth. It was working at full speed to "clarify all the facts and circumstances that led to this tragedy", the Interior Ministry said.
Belgrade perpetrator had prepared death list
He had apparently been preparing the crime for a month and had drawn up a death list in advance. Police showed reporters a sketch of classrooms allegedly made by the student. Milic said the gunman had made a list of names of children he wanted to "liquidate" in the attack.
Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic said the weapons used were licensed and normally kept in a safe. However, the student, who had trained at shooting ranges, apparently knew the code. The boy's father was also arrested.
Six other students and a teacher were injured. One pupil's life is in danger, the media portal n1info.rs reported.
Milan Nedeljkovic of the district administration in Vracar said the school's security guard stood in the way of the shooter, likely preventing further casualties. The guard "wanted to prevent the tragedy and he was the first victim," Nedeljkovic told journalists outside the school building.
One student described the shooter as a "quiet guy" who had good grades. He was rather reserved. She had not expected "something like this to happen".
After the fatal shooting, the Serbian government has ordered three days of national mourning. This was announced by Education Minister Branko Ruzic at a press conference in the Serbian capital on Wednesday.
Such acts are extremely rare in Serbia and in the entire Balkan region. Not a single school shooting has been reported in recent years."
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The woman who told me about this, said, that this boy had been mobbed over years and finally obviously saw no other way . . . . Very sad . . .
The woman was also shocked, saying: "We are not in America, this was Beograd". And while we were talking along I heard some really cruel and awful things that happened in Vienna during the last 2 weeks. Someone cut off hands and feet from another man, a girl raped in an Underground station at 8 in the morning . .. .
I found an article on SWR which I copy here - translated by deepl.com
"A student shot at fellow students and staff in a Belgrade school on Wednesday, killing nine people.
The first shots were fired at the school in the Vracar district in the centre of the Serbian capital Belgrade at 08:40 on Wednesday morning. The police immediately sent all available police patrols to the school, the Serbian Interior Ministry said. The suspected perpetrator, a 13-year-old seventh-grade student, was found in the schoolyard and arrested.
Deadly shooter had weapons and Molotov cocktails
He was carrying two of his father's weapons and four Molotov cocktails. According to senior police officer Veselin Milic, the shooter first killed the member of the security staff and then three students in a corridor. He then entered a history classroom and opened fire again.
He had apparently chosen the room because he was near the entrance, Milic said. The attacker called the police himself after the attack.
The police did not give any information on the motive and background of the youth. It was working at full speed to "clarify all the facts and circumstances that led to this tragedy", the Interior Ministry said.
Belgrade perpetrator had prepared death list
He had apparently been preparing the crime for a month and had drawn up a death list in advance. Police showed reporters a sketch of classrooms allegedly made by the student. Milic said the gunman had made a list of names of children he wanted to "liquidate" in the attack.
Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic said the weapons used were licensed and normally kept in a safe. However, the student, who had trained at shooting ranges, apparently knew the code. The boy's father was also arrested.
Six other students and a teacher were injured. One pupil's life is in danger, the media portal n1info.rs reported.
Milan Nedeljkovic of the district administration in Vracar said the school's security guard stood in the way of the shooter, likely preventing further casualties. The guard "wanted to prevent the tragedy and he was the first victim," Nedeljkovic told journalists outside the school building.
One student described the shooter as a "quiet guy" who had good grades. He was rather reserved. She had not expected "something like this to happen".
After the fatal shooting, the Serbian government has ordered three days of national mourning. This was announced by Education Minister Branko Ruzic at a press conference in the Serbian capital on Wednesday.
Such acts are extremely rare in Serbia and in the entire Balkan region. Not a single school shooting has been reported in recent years."
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The woman who told me about this, said, that this boy had been mobbed over years and finally obviously saw no other way . . . . Very sad . . .
The woman was also shocked, saying: "We are not in America, this was Beograd". And while we were talking along I heard some really cruel and awful things that happened in Vienna during the last 2 weeks. Someone cut off hands and feet from another man, a girl raped in an Underground station at 8 in the morning . .. .
