Teen kills 8 kids and faculty guard, police in Serbia say

An adolescent shot and killed eight kids and a college guard at his faculty in Serbia Wednesday morning earlier than he was taken into custody by authorities, police stated.

The Associated Press reported that authorities stated the shooter was a scholar on the Vladislav Ribnikar faculty in Belgrade, Serbia and used his father’s gun to hold out the mass capturing. Authorities added that an extra six college students and a instructor have been hospitalized because of the capturing.

Police stated they heard stories of the capturing at about 8:40 a.m. native time on Wednesday, which was the primary day of courses after a college break over the weekend. One of many the scholars who was in a separate classroom informed the Related Press that she may hear the capturing, including that it was “nonstop.”

Native authorities stated {that a} father whose daughter attended the varsity stated the shooter entered his daughter’s classroom and fired at her instructor after which her classmates. The daddy, Milan Milosevic, stated that his daughter, together with lots of the different college students, was in a position to escape via a again door within the classroom, Reuters reported.

“She managed to flee. (The boy) …first shot the instructor after which he began capturing randomly,” Milosevic stated on broadcaster N1.

Reuters additionally reported that Milan Nedeljkovic, who’s the mayor of the district the place the varsity is situated, rushed to the varsity after the capturing. He stated that medical doctors have been attempting to avoid wasting a instructor’s life who was injured within the capturing.

“I noticed the safety guard mendacity below the desk. I noticed two ladies with blood on their shirts. They are saying (the shooter) was quiet and an excellent pupil. He not too long ago joined their class,” he stated.