Many Weapons, Too Many Words, Too Little Coordination: Institutions’ Response to Mass Murders in Belgrade and Mladenovac
Many Weapons, Too Many Words, Too Little Coordination: Institutions’ Response to Mass Murders in Belgrade and Mladenovac
Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Sociology, Criminology
Published by: BCBP Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku
Keywords: Weapons; Mass Murders; Belgrade
Summary/Abstract: At the beginning of May 2023 Serbia experienced two mass murders, which – as stated in the report the Government of Serbia presented before the National Assembly – deeply disturbed the public. The first took place on 3 May at the Elementary School “Vladislav Ribnikar” in Belgrade, when a 13-year-old pupil killed ten persons (nine pupils and a security employee) and wounded 6 others (five pupils and a female teacher). The second started in the evening of 4 May in the vicinity of Mladenovac, i.e. the villages of Dubona and Malo Orašje, where a 20-year-old local killed 8 people and wounded 14. Besides the fact that these two events happened one right after the other, and that the damage and the number of victims were enormous, another thing they have in common is they were both committed using firearms. The first was committed using a gun that was in the legal possession of the father of the pupil who committed the murders, which is why both parents were arrested. The second was committed using an illegal weapon, an automatic rifle which - according to the current Law on Arms and Ammunition - cannot be registered by natural persons. During the investigation, the police found a large amount of weapons and ammunition in the homes of the suspect, his family members and relatives. They confiscated them, arresting the suspect’s father, grandfather and uncle.
Series: Brief Alert
- Page Count: 7
- Publication Year: 2023
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
