The suspect, a seventh grade student identified only by the initials "K.K.," was arrested in the school yard, police said. He had fired several shots from his father’s gun, they said.Darko Vojinovic / APEight children and a security guard were killed after a teenage boy opened fire at a school in theThe suspect, a seventh grade student who police identified only by the initials “K.K.,” was arrested in the school yard, authorities said.
Officers had responded to reports of a shooting at the Vladislav Ribnikar school at around 8:40 a.m. local time Wednesday, police said. Milan Milosevic, a father of one of the students at the Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school, said his daughter “managed to escape” the shooting. Speaking with broadcaster N1, he said the suspect had"fired first at the teacher and then the children who ducked under the desks,” according to the Associated Press. “She said he was a quiet boy and a good student,” he quoted his daughter as saying, according to the news agency."I really don’t know what to say. This is a complete tragedy of a society," Serbian politician Miodrag Gavrilovic said in areacting to the shooting.
"I seriously fear for the consciousness of our children," the MP later wrote."Well, that boy is only one year older than my son. I do not know. This tragedy deeply affected me personally."Chantal Da Silva is a breaking news editor for NBC News Digital based in London.
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