Fired in 3 villages

Serbia: Gunman (21) arrested at uncle’s house

Forensics at the crime scene

(Bild: AP Photo/Armin Durgut, Krone KREATIV)

After the massacre at a Belgrade school, a man shot at people in three villages near Mladenovac, about 50 kilometers southeast of the capital. Eight people were killed in the attack. The 21-year-old was finally arrested in the village of Grosnica near Kragujevac in his uncle's house.

At around 11 p.m., the 21-year-old man shot at a group of people with an automatic rifle in the village of Dubona, 50 kilometers southeast of Belgrade. He killed eight people (see video above).

According to the pro-government daily newspaper "Informer", it was preceded by an argument with an acquaintance - a young police officer who had just gone off duty.

Video: Another fatal attack in Serbia

Police officer and his sister among the victims
The attacker is said to have gone home after the argument, only to return with an automatic rifle and open fire on the police officer and other people. According to unofficial reports, the policeman and his younger sister are among the dead. Friday morning, the man was caught at an uncle's house. 

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Interior Minister: "Terrorist act"
More than 600 police officers, including members of the anti-terrorist unit, were deployed on Friday morning with helicopters, drones and thermal imaging cameras. Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic described the act of bloodshed on Friday night as an "act of terrorism".

Belgrade media published a picture of the suspect on Friday. The young man was apparently photographed in the police car immediately after his arrest in Grosnica. His face can be seen looking down, his hands tied behind his back. The 21-year-old was wearing a T-shirt with symbols of the former Burmese student movement. "Generation 88 on tour" was written on the light blue shirt.

Man shot from car
The attacker, the son of a military officer, began his shooting spree not far from the schoolyard in the village of Dubona and continued it in two other villages, Malo Orasje and Sepsin. He fired his rapid-fire weapon from his car.

Serbia was shaken by a massacre in a Belgrade school on Wednesday. A 13-year-old pupil had shot dead eight classmates and a security guard. The police subsequently took him into custody. Due to his age, the perpetrator is not yet criminally liable in Serbia.