Mladenovac and Smederevo shootings

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4 May 2023 Serbia shootings
The Mladenovac municipality in Serbia, the location of the attack
LocationDubona and Šepšin, Mladenovac, Belgrade, Serbia and Malo Orašje, Smederevo
Date4 May 2023
Evening
Attack type
WeaponKalashnikov rifle
Deaths8
Injured14
AccusedUroš Blažić

On the evening of 4 May 2023, a 21-year-old male, armed with an assault rifle, opened fire from a car in Dubona and Šepšin, villages in the municipality of Mladenovac, Belgrade, Serbia, and Malo Orašje, Smederevo killing at least eight people, including a police officer, and wounding fourteen. The perpetrator then drove off before getting arrested on the following day near Kragujevac. The shooting occurred the day after an elementary school shooting in Belgrade, Serbia's capital.

Background

Serbia has strict gun laws,[note 1] but one of the world's highest gun ownership rates per capita.[3][4] In 2021, with an estimated 39 privately-owned guns per 100 people, Serbia was the third-ranked country globally in this statistic, behind the United States and Yemen.[5] Along with a culture of gun ownership and many households keeping war trophies from the 20th-century wars, illegal weapons became widespread in some of the region's countries following the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s.[3][5][6]

Mass shootings are rare in Serbia, as in the most of Southeastern Europe.[7] There have been three earlier mass shootings in the 21st century: the 2007 Jabukovac killings during which nine people were killed and five were injured, the 2013 Velika Ivanča shooting, in which 14 people were killed, and the 2016 Žitište shooting, in which five people were killed and 22 injured.[6] The Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School shooting occurred the day before, leading the Serbian government to propose stricter regulations on gun ownership.[8]

Shooting

The suspect, 21-year-old Uroš Blažić,[9][10] was with some of the victims when an argument broke out in a school backyard.[11] Before the shooting, the suspect allegedly stole a taxi cab and told the taxi driver to drive to Grošnica.[12][13] He allegedly grabbed a rifle from his house and began shooting in Dubona, after which he went to Malo Orašje.[14][15] After the initial shooting, the police issued a warrant for his arrest and searched for him in Mali Požarevac, where he was last seen.[15][13] At 18:08, a related shooting was reported in the neighbouring village of Šepšin.[16][17] There, the police spotted the suspect and he allegedly shot at them.[11][16] All roads around Mladenovac towards Dubona and Šepšin were closed after the shooting.[13][18]

The suspect stopped a taxi cab that then took him to Vinjište, near Kragujevac,[19] where he was eventually arrested.[20][21][22] The suspect was allegedly alone while the shooting occurred.[23] The uncle and grandfather of the suspect were arrested too, where the suspect was hiding after the shooting.[24] The police had found four bombs, a flare gun, a submachine gun, two silencers, a hunter's knife, and various ammunition in the house of the suspect's grandfather.[19][23][25]

Casualties

At least eight people were killed, including a 22-year-old police officer, his 19-year-old sister, a 21-year-old man, and a 25-year-old man.[26][27] At least two of the victims died at the scene, while at least two others later died at the hospital.[14] According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, fourteen others, including children, were injured.[28][29][30] The injured were sent to University Hospital Center Dr Dragiša Mišović, where a boy, born in 2008, died.[13][31] The Minister of Health, Danica Grujičić, said that all of the wounded are in a life-threatening situation.[32]

Response

Special police forces were reported to have arrived at the villages of Mladenovac and Dubona. According to Serbian media, police officers set up checkpoints and stopped cars as they searched for the gunman. Helicopters, drones, and multiple police patrols were also dispatched to the area surrounding Dubona.[8] Grujičić and the head of the Security Intelligence Agency, Aleksandar Vulin, reportedly travelled to the area.[8][13] A blood donation for the wounded was organised by the Ministry of Health.[33][34]

Interior Minister Bratislav Gašić and President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić denounced the shooting as a terrorist act.[29][35] At a press conference on 5 May, Vučić announced new measures and added that the suspect "will not see the light of day again", that "he will not get out of the prison", and that all people who have weapons will undergo an audit.[35] The new measures includes a moratorium on gun permits, more medical and psychological checks on gun owners, and hiring 1,200 police officers to schools.[36] He also announced that the new measures will "almost completely disarm Serbia".[13][37] The measures were adopted by the government later that day.[38]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ To own a gun in Serbia, citizens must prove a valid reason to own a gun, such as an ongoing threat to life or legitimate need for hunting or sport shooting, and must submit a medical report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which then instructs the submitter's personal physician to report whenever any relevant changes in their health occur.[1] The police could prohibit the possession of weapons to an individual when they assess that the owner could misuse them.[2] Open carry is also not allowed, and concealed carry permits are rarely issued and require proof of a threat to life.

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