At least nine dead in Serbia school shooting

At slightest 8 students and a information defender are dormant aft a shooting astatine a schoolhouse successful Serbia's superior Belgrade.

Another six pupils and a teacher were injured successful the onslaught and person been taken to hospital, the interior ministry said successful a statement.

Police arrested a 14-year-old pupil astatine the Vladislav Ribnikar schoolhouse successful cardinal Belgrade successful transportation with Wednesday morning's attack.

The fishy is alleged to person utilized his father's gun, officials said.

An probe into the motives down the incidental is nether way.

Officers successful helmets and bulletproof vests cordoned disconnected the country astir the school, located successful the cardinal Vracar neighbourhood, soon aft 08:40 section clip (07:40 GMT).

"The constabulary sent each disposable patrols instantly to the spot and arrested a suspected insignificant - a seventh people pupil who is suspected of firing respective shots from his father's weapon successful the absorption of students and schoolhouse security," the interior ministry said successful a statement.

Local media carried images of what they said was the fishy being led distant from the country by police.

"I saw kids moving retired from the school, screaming. Parents came, they were successful panic. Later I heard 3 shots," 1 pupil told the Serbian authorities broadcaster RTS.

Milan Milosevic, the begetter of 1 of the pupils astatine the school, said his girl was successful the people wherever the weapon was fired and managed to escape.

"[The boy] archetypal changeable the teacher and past helium started shooting randomly," Milosevic told broadcaster N1.

"I saw the information defender lying nether the table. I saw 2 girls with humor connected their shirts. They accidental helium [the shooter] was quiescent and a bully pupil. He precocious joined their class."

Milan Nedeljkovic, politician of the cardinal Vracar territory wherever the schoolhouse is located, said doctors were warring to prevention the teacher's life.

Mass shootings are comparatively uncommon successful Serbia, which has precise strict weapon laws, but weapon ownership successful the state is among the highest successful Europe.

The occidental Balkans are awash with hundreds of thousands of amerciable weapons pursuing wars and unrest successful the 1990s. In 2019, it was estimated that determination are 39.1 firearms per 100 radical successful Serbia.