BELGRADE: A 14-year-old boy opened fire in his Belgrade classroom on Wednesday, shooting dead eight fellow pupils and a security guard, the officials said.
Using his father’s handgun, the boy fired first at the security guard and three girls in the hallway and then entered a history class and shot at the teacher and classmates, police said. The teacher and six pupils were hospitalised, some with life-threatening injuries.
Police said a seventh-grade student had been arrested in the schoolyard. The attacker had two guns and two petrol bombs and had pre-planned everything, an official said.
Serbian President Vucic said the shooter would be placed in special psychiatric institution.