Serbia: 8 killed in second shooting incident in 2 days
What's the story
A 21-year-old suspect randomly opened fire, killing eight people and injuring 13 others in Mladenovac, Serbia, late on Thursday (local time). The suspect reportedly fired indiscriminately at people using an automatic weapon around 60 km south of the national capital, Belgrade. The police are looking for the attacker, who is on the run. Further details are awaited.
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Attacker at large
VIDEO: Serbian police are hunting for the gunman behind a shooting spree across three villages near the capital Belgrade that has killed at least eight people and wounded 13, state media report say.
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It is the second mass shooting in the Balkan nation this week pic.twitter.com/gqeXm5YX5i
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13-year-old opened fire in school, killing 9 a day ago
This is the second shooting in Serbia in two days. On Wednesday, a 13-year-old boy went on a shooting rampage in his school using his father's gun, killing nine people, including eight fellow students and a school guard in Belgrade. Accused Kosta Kecmanovic reportedly called the police and turned himself in after the attack. He had reportedly been planning the attack for weeks.
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Last mass shooting reported around 10 years ago
Although weapons are common in the Balkan nation as a result of the wars in the 1990s, mass shooting incidents are very rare. The last mass shooting in Serbia occurred in 2013 when a war veteran killed 13 people in a village in central Serbia.