Gun Fire in School: 8 children killed by class 7th student

A 14-year-old boy opened fire in his prestigious school in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Wednesday morning, killing eight children and a security guard and seriously injuring several others, according to officials. Gun Fire in School: 8 children killed by class 7th student.

The police said in a statement that the shooting took place around 8:40 a.m. at Vladislav Ribnikar primary school in the upscale neighborhood of Vracar. The boy, who was identified only by his initials, K.K., and was born in 2009, used his father’s handgun to fire into a crowd at the school, the police said. The suspect was apprehended in the schoolyard, the statement said.

Six children and a teacher were injured in the attack and taken to the hospital. A security guard was killed while trying to stop the attack, according to the district’s mayor, Milan Nedeljkovic. The police have not indicated a motive in the shooting.

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“He wanted to prevent a tragedy, which would have been even greater if he had not stood in front of the boy who shot,” Mr. Nedeljkovic said in an interview with state media outside the school on Wednesday. “The children are under stress. The school is closed. Something like this has never been recorded in the history of Belgrade schools,” he added.