A gunman killed eight people and wounded 14 in two villages in Serbia, authorities said. The slayings came a day after a 13-year-old boy used his father’s guns to kill eight fellow students and a guard at a school in Belgrade.
Public figures, politicians and experts appeared successively on TV Friday, desperately trying to explain the tragedies. The first made the country numb with grief, while the second heightened anxiety over what might come next — and set off soul-searching in a deeply divided nation where convicted war criminals are frequently glorified and violence against minority groups often goes unpunished.
Thursday's attack unfolded near Mladenovac, a municipality located about 50 kilometers south of the capital, where the assailant first killed five people and wounded six in one village before killing three more and wounded eight in the other, according to police.In the village of Dubona, blood stained a schoolyard where some of the shots were fired and also a piece of ground by a bench where residents often sit to share a beer and chat.
He called for a moratorium on new licenses for all weapons in the next two years, a review of all current licenses, longer prison sentences for those who break the rules and “fierce” punishment for anyone caught with illegal weapons. But first police will offer an amnesty to encourage people to hand over illegal guns — an action that has had limited success in the past.
“We haven’t seen this since the 1990s ,” the minister said. “They are stable for now but you can never tell for sure with gunshot wounds.” Belgrade University psychology professor Dragan Popadic pointed to various forms of violence coursing through society, including harassment of political opponents by ruling populists and aggressive hooligan groups in sports.
“Serbia is not a powder keg. Serbia has exploded,” said Marinika Tepic, the vice president of an opposition party.
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