School shooting in Serbia kills at least 9 after young boy takes father’s gun

A 14-year-old boy killed at least nine people and wounded seven others in aThe boy, who has not been identified, targeted the Vladislav Ribnikar School in Serbia's capital of Belgrade.the boy later Wednesday morning, alleging that he had taken his father's gun to carry out the shooting.

"The police sent all available patrols immediately to the spot and arrested a suspected minor - a seventh grade student who is suspected of firing several shots from his father's gun in the direction of students and school security," Serbia's interior ministry wrote in a statement.Police arrested a 14-year-old boy for allegedly using his father's gun to murder eight students and one security guard at his school in Serbia.

"All police forces are still on the ground working intensively to shed light on all the facts and circumstances that led to this tragedy," it added later.Three of the injured students, two boys and a girl, were transferred to area hospitals. Police say the two boys were in stable condition despite suffering gunshot wounds. The girl, however, was shot in the head and was undergoing surgery, police told reporters.

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