This morning (3), a 14-year-old youth carried out an armed attack on the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school, located in an upscale area of the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
Authorities said the rare and shocking incident resulted in the deaths of eight children and a security guard, as well as leaving at least seven other people injured.
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The attack sparked panic among the children's parents, many of whom crowded outside the school, desperately trying to locate their children.
Serbia's Ministry of Internal Affairs said the wounded included six children and a teacher who were hospitalized. The teenager responsible for the attack was arrested in the courtyard of the building as soon as he was spotted by the police.
pain and despair
Minutes after the attack, hundreds of people were still outside the school, waiting for more information about those injured and killed in the terrorist attack. What was seen were scenes of desolation and despair on the part of parents of students and relatives of employees of the educational establishment.
In an interview given to an affiliate of CNN in Serbia, the father of one of the school's students said that he ran to the school when he found out about the attack through the movement of the police.
“I was going to the bank and I saw a bunch of police. This was around 8:50. I came running. I saw the school psychologist, I saw the school staff, the teachers who were in shock,” the man said.
“The police came quickly, as far as I could see. I asked, 'Where's my daughter?' and supposedly a man said the history teacher was shot. I went back to my apartment to go through my daughter's schedule, and she was in history class. I took my wife with me and we went back to school,” he continued.
“I saw that the security guard was lying under a table, in a circle [of blood?]. I went through the door looking for an attendant. I did not know what to do. I asked 'Where is my daughter?' and nobody was saying anything," said the father.
Fortunately, the said man's daughter was safe inside the school, having been found some time later.
What the authorities say
In a statement published through its official Facebook profile, the Serbian Ministry of Interior reported that the attack took place at 8:40 a.m. local time and at 2:40 a.m. local time. Brasilia.
“All available police patrols were dispatched to the scene, where they immediately went to the school grounds and arrested a minor, a seventh-grade student who is suspected of firing multiple shots from his father's gun at students and school security," the fact sheet said.
Still according to official information, one of the students who were shot in the attack is in serious condition in the hospital and will have to undergo surgery.
“The injured are receiving medical assistance, while the police work to establish the facts and circumstances that led to this incident,” the ministry continued in a statement.
“All police forces are still on the ground and are working hard to clarify all the facts and circumstances that led to this tragedy,” the agency concluded.
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