Shock as Serbia mourns school shooting victims

(4 May 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Belgrade - 3 May 2023 1. Zoom in on mourners hugging HEADLINE: Shock as Serbia mourns school shooting victims 2. Candles 3. People bringing flowers ANNOTATION: Hundreds of mourners lit candles and placed flowers in Belgrade after a 13 year old student opened fire and killed fellow students at his school. 4. Various of mourners lighting candles 5. Candles ANNOTATION: Police said he drew sketches of classrooms and made a list of children he intended to target in a meticulously planned attack. 6. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Ljiljana Radicevic, grandmother of girl that was killed: “They killed her. She was on school duty ( the students have days where they don’t attend classes and do shifts at the school ) . She was happy. It would have been better if she stayed in Thessaloniki. Last night she came back with her parents.” 7. Mourners lighting candles 8. Candles and flowers ANNOTATION: The assailant called police himself after the shooting was over and is currently being detained. 9. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Marija Mandic, teacher from another school: ”I feel terrible. I don’t have any message to send, to say something. There are no words for those families who have lost their loved ones. It is simply irreplaceable. I am only sorry that there are not that many colleagues here. There is no reason for someone to be afraid, or not to be with us here. Children were killed, people were killed. It should not have happened. It happens, but it is human to say that we are sorry and that it is terrible.” NIGHT SHOTS 10. Various of mourners lighting candles 11. Close up of messages written on the paper reading (Serbian) “Thank you to our Ana, for all the lovely memories”, with lit candles on the ground ANNOTATION: Mass shootings are extremely rare in the region, although Serbia is awash in guns. ANNOTATION: No shootings have been reported at Serbian schools in recent years. STORYLINE: Police say a 13-year-old who opened fire at his school drew sketches of classrooms and made a list of people he intended to target. He killed eight fellow students and a school guard before being arrested Wednesday. The French Foreign Ministry says a girl with French citizenship was among those killed. A father of a student at the school in central Belgrade says the shooter entered his daughter’s classroom, firing at her teacher and then her classmates as they ducked under their desks. Senior police official Veselin Milic says the shooter drew sketches of classrooms and wrote a list of children he planned to “liquidate” in an attack he planned for a month. Milic says the shooter, Kosta Kecmanovic, called police himself when the attack was over. =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel 44(0)2074827482 Email: info@. Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: