Tuesday, 09 April 2013 02:07
13 people killed in shooting spree in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbia's health officials say 13 people have been killed when a man went on a shooting spree in a village near Belgrade.
Belgrade emergency hospital spokeswoman Nada Macura said the 60 year old man identified only as Ljubisa B. used a gun to kill six men, six women and a child. The motives of the Tuesday shooting were not immediately given.
Macura says the man than tried to kill himself and his wife, who both remain severely injured. Another person was also injured.
The apparently random killings happened in the village of Velika Ivanca, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of Belgrade.
Macura says that the killer was apparently not a deranged person.
Police are investigating.
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