Man guns down 13 people – including a child – in a village near Belgrade in Serbia
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | April 9, 2013 20:42At least 13 people, including a child, were shot down by a 60-year-old man on a gun rampage inSerbia, according to officials.
The suspect, identified as Ljubisa Bogdanovic, then turned the gun on himself and his wife, according toBelgradeemergency hospital spokeswoman Nada Macura.
She said the pair were both seriously injured and another person was also hurt in the atrocity in the village of Velika Ivanca, 30 miles southeast of the capital.
Milorad Veljovic, the head of the national police force, said Bogdanovic first shot his own son in the head in their home.
He then wounded his wife before killing 12 neighbors, some of whom were still asleep, in four nearby homes, Veljovic said in an interview with state broadcaster RTS.
The motives of the Tuesday shooting were not immediately given, although the newspaper quoted villagers who said Bogdanovic was known to suffer from mental illness.
It is also believed that both Bogdanovic and his son lost their jobs last year.
Initial reports said the alleged killer had a license for the handgun he used in the
shootings since 1981.
Macura says that the man was apparently not mentally ill. Veljovic said an investigation is ongoing and declined to give further details. Police have cordoned off the village.
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