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Thirteen dead in Serbia gun rampage | Thirteen dead in Serbia gun rampage |
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Thirteen people have been killed in Serbia after a man went on a gun rampage in a village near Belgrade, local media report. | Thirteen people have been killed in Serbia after a man went on a gun rampage in a village near Belgrade, local media report. |
Six men, six women and a two-year-old boy died before the gunman tried to kill himself and his wife. The pair are now said to be in a serious condition. | |
Police identified the gunman as Ljubisa Bogdanovic, a 60-year-old war veteran. | |
The victims were reported to be mainly relatives and neighbours of Bogdanovic, and included his mother and son. | |
The shootings took place in five houses in Velika Ivanca, about 50km (30 miles) south-east of the capital at about 0500 local time (0300 GMT). | |
Local residents said the gunman killed his son before leaving the house and shooting dead neighbours, some of whom were still asleep. | |
"He knocked on the doors, and as they were opened he just fired a shot,'' villager Radovan Radosavljevic was quoted by the Associated Press as saying. | |
"He was a good neighbour and anyone would open their doors to him. I don't know what happened." | |
All but one of the victims died instantly, police said. | |
Serbian police chief Milorad Veljovic, who is at the scene, told RTS that the gunman was "from a peaceful family and had no criminal record". | Serbian police chief Milorad Veljovic, who is at the scene, told RTS that the gunman was "from a peaceful family and had no criminal record". |
"We're all just stunned," Mr Veljovic said. | "We're all just stunned," Mr Veljovic said. |
The suspect is reported to have been made redundant last year. He fought as a Serb soldier in the war in Croatia in 1992. | |
The motive for the attack was not immediately clear. | The motive for the attack was not immediately clear. |