A parent escorts her child following a shooting at a school in the capital Belgrade on May 3, 2023. (Photo by OLIVER BUNIC/AFP via Getty Images) BELGRADE, Serbia - 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.Police identified the shooter by his initials, K.K., and said he had opened fire with his father's gun.
He was arrested in the school yard, police said. A statement identified him as a student at the school in central Belgrade who was born in 2009.Police said they received a call about the shooting at the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school around 8:40 a.m.
Primary schools in Serbia have eight grades, starting with first grade."I was able to hear the shooting. It was non-stop," a student who was in a sports class downstairs when the gunfire erupted. "I didn’t know what was happening.