Serbia school gunman who killed 9 people cannot be held criminally responsible due to young age: prosecutor
- According to Serbian law, the boy ‘is deemed criminally irresponsible, because he has not reached the age of 14’, local media reported citing a prosecutor’s office statement
- The teen drew sketches of classrooms and wrote a list of people he intended to target in a meticulously planned attack, police said
A Serbian boy who on Wednesday opened fire on his classmates cannot held criminally responsible due to his young age, the Tanjug news agency reported citing a statement by prosecutor’s office.
According to the Serbian legal provisions, the boy “is deemed criminally irresponsible, because he has not reached the age of 14”, the report said.
The boy’s father has been detained on suspicion of aggravated endangering of the public safety, it said.
The teenager accused of killing nine people in Belgrade had a detailed plan, including a kill list, that was pulled together over a month, police said.
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Teenage boy kills 8 pupils and security guard in Serbia school shooting
The teen drew sketches of classrooms and wrote a list of people he intended to target in a meticulously planned attack, police said. He killed eight fellow students and a school guard before being arrested.