This is frightening news – in the US this is a common thing, in European countries, however, there are no precedents for this kind of massacre in schools.

Wednesday morning Belgrade froze when he heard the news that a 14-year-old schoolboy broke into gunman opened fire at his school and killed nine people – 8 students and a guard.

The news from the Serbian capital is stormy – and all the more shocking. The 14-year-old allegedly carefully planned his murderous attack.

In his house, in fact, the authorities found list of student names what he wanted to kill and also her name a history teacher.

The plan of the school was also found.

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As the chief of the Belgrade police pointed out, Veselin Milicthe criminal brought two weapons And two Molotov cocktails“He had everything planned out,” he said, adding, “He even had a list of the names of the kids he wanted to kill and their classes.”

At noon – a few hours after the bloody event – the police arrested the father of a 14-year-old teenager. The information provided by international agencies says that the two types of weapons that the attacker had were allowed by law.

Minister of Internal Affairs, Bratislava Gasich, noted that the boy, who was in school, “managed to get these two pistols, along with three magazines filled with 15 rounds each.” He also added that “a criminal case will be initiated against the father.”

How did the attack happen?

A 14-year-old student opened fire in his high school classroom in Belgrade. The incident took place on Wednesday morning. As a result of the bloody attack of a 14-year-old teenager, a total of nine people (8 students and a guard) were killed and seven more were injured.

With his father’s weapon, the boy first shot at the guard and three girls who were in the corridor, and then entered the classroom where the history lesson was taking place and shot at the teacher and his classmates.

The teacher and six students are hospitalized, some with very serious injuries. The director of the Belgrade University Hospital said that three students aged about 13 and a teacher born in 1970 were admitted there.

“The student was admitted in serious condition, was hospitalized in intensive care and taken to the operating room. He was seriously wounded in the chest and neck,” he said.

He added that another boy was wounded in the leg, and the girl had gunshot wounds to the abdomen and both arms. The teacher was wounded in the stomach and both arms.

“I did it…”

Immediately after the attack, a 14-year-old teenager went out into the school yard and was arrested after calling the police and confessing to his deed.

Police officers in helmets and body armor cordoned off the area. Ambulances drove up to the school and took away the injured. The bodies have been moved. Parents of students began to gather near the school, who were frightened and asked for information about their children.

14 year old Evgeniya he said he knew the assailant. “He was quiet, handsome, a good student. I knew little about him, he was not open. I never expected something like this to happen,” he told Reuters, adding: “I heard the noise and thought some kids were throwing firecrackers for fun. Then I heard pops even closer and… then I saw the guard fall to the ground.”

“She managed to escape”

OUR Milan Milosevicthe father of one of the students said that his daughter was in the classroom where the attacker attacked.

“He managed to escape. The boy first shot at the teacher and then started shooting at random,” he said, adding: “I saw a guard lying under the table. I saw two girls with blood on their shirts. They say the attacker was quiet and studied well.” .Recently I was in their class.”

Minister of education, Branko Ruzicdeclared three days of national mourning starting Friday.

mass shootings in Serbia are relatively rarewhich has very strict laws, but Western Balkans they are filled with hundreds of thousands of illegal weapons from the wars of the 1990s.

2019 it is estimated that there 39 firearms per 100 people in Serbia – making the country third in the world after the USA and Montenegro.

Information: New York Times, BBC, Reuters.