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Miljana Kecmanovic, mother of of a boy who killed 9 students and security guard in school shooting in 2023, arrives in the court building prior to a verdict in trial, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
The couple’s lawyer, Irina Borovic, said the verdict came as no surprise “because public pressure was enormous and the expectations were huge.” Borovic said she will appeal the verdicts.
Ninela Radicevic, who lost her daughter in the shooting, said “we are not satisfied because no one was held responsible for the murder of nine children” and the school guard.
The boy used his father’s guns to open fire on his fellow pupils and others. He walked into the school and first opened fire in the hall before heading into a classroom where he continued shooting.
Elementary schools in Serbia cater for children 7-15 years old.
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Students hold white flowers in front of the court building during a verdict (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Police have said that the teenager called them after the shooting and calmly said what he had done. He has been held in a specialized institution since the shooting and testified at his parents’ trial. The proceedings were closed to the public except for the reading of the verdicts.
Also convicted and sentenced to 15 months in prison for a false testimony was a shooting instructor who worked at a shooting ground where the boy practiced shooting.
The school shooting was followed the next day by another mass killing in villages outside the capital. Uros Blazic, 21, took an automatic rifle and opened fire at multiple locations, killing nine people and wounding 12. He was sentenced earlier this month to 20 years in prison.
The back-to-back shootings triggered a wave of street protests and a crackdown on widespread illegal gun ownership.
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