BELGRADE, Serbia– A court in Serbia on Monday founded guilty the moms and dads of a teenage boy that in 2015 shot dead 9 students and a college guard and injured 6 even more individuals in a college in main Belgrade.
The Greater Court in Belgrade punished Vladimir Kecmanovic, father of the boy, to 14 years and 6 months behind bars for “serious acts versus public safety and security” and for youngster disregard. The mommy, Miljana Kecmanovic was punished to 3 years behind bars for youngster disregard yet was acquitted on fees of unlawful ownership of tools.
The shooter, determined as Kosta Kecmanovic, was 13 years of ages when he dedicated the criminal offense and for that reason also young to encounter a test, according to Serbian legislation. His moms and dads were apprehended right after the capturing and billed for stopping working to maintain the tools unreachable of their kid.
The carnage at the Vladislav Ribnikar key institution in main Belgrade on May 3, 2023, stunned the Balkan country which was made use of to situations yet where mass institution capturings had actually never ever taken place prior to.
The pair’s legal representative, Irina Borovic, stated the decision came as not a surprise “due to the fact that public stress was huge and the assumptions were big.” Borovic stated she will certainly appeal the judgments.
Ninela Radicevic, that shed her child in the capturing, stated “we are not pleased due to the fact that no person was delegated the murder of 9 kids” and the institution guard.
The young boy utilized his papa’s weapons to open up fire on his fellow students and others. He strolled right into the institution and very first opened up fire in the hall prior to heading right into a class where he proceeded capturing.
Primary schools in Serbia provide for kids 7-15 years of ages.
Authorities have actually stated that the young adult called them after the capturing and smoothly stated what he had actually done. He has actually been kept in a specialized organization because the capturing and indicated at his moms and dads’ test. The process were shut to the general public besides the analysis of the judgments.
Likewise founded guilty and punished to 15 months behind bars for an incorrect statement was a shooting teacher that operated at a capturing ground where the young boy exercised capturing.
The institution capturing was complied with the following day by one more mass murder in towns outside the funding. Uros Blazic, 21, took an automated rifle and opened fire at numerous areas, eliminating 9 individuals and injuring 12. He was punished previously this month to twenty years behind bars.
The back-to-back capturings set off a wave of street protests and a suppression on extensive unlawful weapon possession.
