Students, security guard killed

BELGRADE. — Teenage student kills eight students and a security guard at school shooting in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade.

Another six pupils and a teacher were injured in the attack and have been taken to hospital, the interior ministry said in a statement.

Police arrested a 13-year-old student at the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school in central Belgrade over Wednesday morning’s attack.

It is the first shooting of its kind in Serbia, the Education Minister said.

Officers in helmets and bulletproof vests cordoned off the area around the school, located in the central Vracar neighbourhood, shortly after 08:40 (06:40 GMT).

Officials told reporters at a news conference in Belgrade that the suspect had called police himself after the attack.

An investigation into the motives behind the incident is under way.

The suspect, whom the police have named as Kosta Kecmanovic, is alleged to have used his father’s guns, both of which had legal permits.

The boy’s father has since been arrested and Serbia’s interior minister said “legal measures” would be taken against him.

Under Serbian law, the suspect may not be held criminally responsible as he is under 14. — BBC.