Posted on 05/05/2023 7:14:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
A man covers his face while mourning in the village of Dubona, Serbia, on Friday after a mass shooting, the second in the country in two days. Photo by Andrej Cukic/EPA-EFE
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May 5 (UPI) -- Serbian authorities captured a suspect early Friday in a mass shooting in a rural area near the capital of Belgrade, the second in two days.
Police conducted a manhunt for the 21-year-old suspect overnight before taking him into custody near the city of Kragujevac, about 40 miles south of where the attacks occurred in the small village of Dubona.
Eight people were killed and 14 were wounded when the gunman fired an automatic weapon into groups of people from a moving vehicle.
Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic said the shooting was an act of "terrorism" but did not immediately provide further details.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Friday the suspect's father is a deputy colonel in the Serbian Army. While Serbia has a high rate of gun ownership -- leftovers from the Balkan wars in the 1990s -- gun violence is rare in the country.
The population was jolted Wednesday when a 14-year-old schoolboy was arrested after eight students were killed and numerous others injured in a school shooting in an upscale neighborhood in Belgrade.
In that shooting, at Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School, one of the six children who were injured is in critical condition after being shot in the head and chest. A teacher was seriously wounded as well.
The Interior Ministry called for gun owners to secure their weapons or they will face penalties. Vucic announced a new ban on new gun permits, tougher penalties for illegal weapons possession and psychological checks of gun owners.
False flag. Mass shootings only happen in the U.S. Will carmela ‘fweedumb’ hawiss call for an assault weapons ban in Serbia now?
Never happened! Serbia has very strict prohibitions against minor ownership of firearms! Strict gun control across the board!
/ sarcasm off
That’s a good question!
I must have been incorrect since I found this last paragraph in the article:
There have been many such shootings in Serbia in recent years. In 2013, a 60-year-old veteran killed 13 people in the village of Velika Ivanca, according to The New York Times. In 2016, a man killed five at a cafe in Serbia, the outlet reported.
Kragujevac was the scene of a mass execution by the Germans in World War II, in retaliation for attacks by resistance forces.
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