{"id":36477,"date":"2013-04-09T15:29:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T12:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=36477"},"modified":"2013-04-09T15:29:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T12:29:04","slug":"serbia-shootinga-deadliest-day-since-balkan-wars-veteran-killed-13-people-36477","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/serbia-shootinga-deadliest-day-since-balkan-wars-veteran-killed-13-people-36477\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbia Shooting:A deadliest day since Balkan wars veteran killed 13 people"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Bosnia war veteran has shot and killed 13 people in Serbia, including six women and a 2-year-old toddler.<\/h1>\n

The suspect in the country\u2019s worst shooting since the end of the Serb-Croat War turned the gun on himself, and remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The killing spree took place in the village of Velika Ivanca, some 50 kilometers southeast of the Serbian capital Belgrade.<\/p>\n

The suspect was identified as 60-year-old Ljubisa B., according to Belgrade emergency hospital spokesperson Nada Macura.<\/p>\n

Serbian media reported that the gunman\u2019s family name is Bogdanovic, and that the child he shot and killed was only 2 years old.<\/p>\n

The man reportedly tried to kill his wife and himself following the shooting. Both are currently in serious condition. Another woman wounded by the gunman is in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The man\u2019s son was also reportedly among those killed; the shooting spree started with him, according to media reports.<\/p>\n

Milorad Veljovic, head of the Interior Ministry’s emergencies department, said most of the victims were killed in their sleep.<\/p>\n

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He said the victims were found dead in five of the village\u2019s houses, including the one where the killer lived.<\/p>\n

The gunman used a 9mm pistol in the early morning rampage, police said.<\/p>\n

The motives behind the shooting were not immediately disclosed, but Macura said that the suspect was apparently not mentally unstable.<\/p>\n

The suspect had no criminal record, police said, adding that he is a veteran of the 1991-95 Serb-Croat War and had a firearms permit.<\/p>\n

Some of his neighbors described him as a \u201cquiet guy,\u201d and said they were puzzled about the causes behind the bloodbath.<\/p>\n

A shooting of this scale has not happened in Serbia since 2007, when a villager used a hunting rifle to kill nine people and injure two others.<\/p>\n

The Tuesday shooting is the deadliest the country has seen since the end of the Balkan wars.<\/p>\nError, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 11)<\/span>\n

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