Second mass shooting in Serbia leaves eight dead

May 5, 2023 - At least eight people have been killed and 14 injured in a series of shootings south of Belgrade, just one day after a school shooting also saw nine killed in the Serbian capital.

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The latest incident occurred late on Thursday in the village of Dubona, 42km south of Belgrade, authorities said.

State broadcaster RTS said the suspect, a young man, had been involved in an altercation in a school yard. He left and then returned with an assault rifle and a handgun, opened fire and continued to shoot at people at random from a moving car.

Serbs were still reeling from a mass shooting on Wednesday, when a 14-year old boy shot dead nine and injured seven at a school in Belgrade before turning himself in.