The Latest Breaking News from Belgrade

8 dead in shooting in Serbia, day after school massacre that killed 9

Eight people were killed and 13 others wounded late Thursday near Belgrade, Serbia, in the nation’s second mass shooting in as many days, according to Serbian news media.

Bangkok Post · May 5, 2023

8 fatally shot in Serbian town day after 9 killed at school

Serbian state television says at least eight people have been killed and 13 wounded in a drive-by shooting in a town close to Belgrade

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

Serbian president flags gun control crackdown after second mass killing in two days

Serbia's presindent, Aleksandar Vučić, calls for a "practical disarmament" of Serbia in the wake of the second mass shooting in two days, which killed eight people and wounded 13 others.

ABC News · May 5, 2023

Serbia struggles to comprehend first school shooting

Shocked Serbians mourned the nine victims of their nation's first mass school shooting on Thursday while teachers demanded better security and two wounded pupils fought for their lives.

Reuters · May 4, 2023

Serbia school attack is a rare mass shooting outside US

A mass shooting Wednesday, in which eight students and a security guard were killed at a school in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, was a reminder that such attacks are far less common outside the United States.

Bangkok Post · May 4, 2023

Boy who killed nine at his school in Serbia ‘had kill list of pupils to target’

13-year-old shooter had ‘names of children he wanted to kill’, police say

Evening Standard · May 3, 2023

Belgrade shooter, 13, had list of pupils he wanted to 'liquidate' before killing 8 kids

Kosta Kecmanovic, a 13-year-old student at the Vladislav Ribnikar school, has been arrested for murder after stealing his dad's gun and opening fire on his peers and teacher this morning during class in Belgrade, Serbia

Daily Mirror · May 3, 2023

A student and his father are detained after 9 die in school shooting in Serbia

A teenager is in custody after opening fire at a school with his father's gun, police say. The boy called police himself after the shooting and had a list of children he wanted to kill.

WEKU · May 3, 2023

Factbox-Serbia school shooting and other major killings of children

A 14-year-old boy shot his teacher in a Belgrade classroom on Wednesday before opening fire on other students and security guards, killing eight pupils and a security guard, Serbia's interior ministry said.

Reuters · May 3, 2023

At least nine killed in Belgrade school shooting

A teenage boy opened fire at a school in Serbia's capital Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard, police said. Six more children and a teacher were injured and hospitalized.

France 24 · May 3, 2023