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Injuries as teenage boy opens fire in Serbian school

By AAP Newswire

May 3, 2023

Serbia School Shooting — A teenage boy has fired shots inside the Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade, Serbia. -AP

A teenage boy has opened fire in a school in central Belgrade, causing injuries, Serbian police say.

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Police received a call about the shooting in the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school at 8.40am on Wednesday, they said in a statement.

The suspect, a seventh grade student, was arrested, police said.

The statement added the boy apparently fired several shots from his father's gun at other students and the school guard.

Serbian media have reported the guard was killed in the shooting. Police gave no other details.

Reports said terrified parents had arrived to the school trying to find their children.

Local media footage from the scene showed commotion outside the school as police removed the suspect, whose head was covered as officers led him to a car parked in the street.

Mass shootings in Serbia are extremely rare. Experts, however, have repeatedly warned of the number of weapons left over in the country after the wars of the 1990s.

Police sealed off the blocks around the Vladislav Ribnikar school, in the centre of Belgrade. Primary schools in Serbia have eight grades.