Thousands have lit candles and left messages, toys and flowers to commemorate the victims. children’s agency UNICEF, offering support and guidelines for children, their parents and teachers.
Teams of experts have been sent with the backing of U.N. Prosecutors said that he has confessed to the killings and said he wanted to spread fear among residents, state media have reported.Įarlier on Monday, police deployed in schools throughout Serbia in an effort to restore a shaken sense of security as children largely returned to classes. He accused the opposition of abusing people’s grief for their political ends and inciting violence.Ī day later, a 20-year-old man used an automatic weapon in a shooting rampage in two villages in central Serbia, randomly killing eight people and wounding 14. The president later dismissed the protest as “shameful” during an interview on pro-government Happy television. The gatherings in Belgrade and the northern city of Novi Sad were dubbed “Serbia against violence.” They were called by opposition parties, which demanded the resignations of government ministers and the withdrawal licenses to the state controlled mainstream media that promote violence and often host convicted war criminals and crime figures on their programs.Īfter the protest officially ended, some of the protesters chanted slogans against Serbia’s increasingly autocratic president, Aleksandar Vucic, demanding that he step down, as they passed by government headquarters in Belgrade. BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Thousands marched in silence on Monday in Serbia in a major outpouring of grief and anger against the populist government and how it reacted after two mass shootings last week that left 17 people dead and 21 wounded, many of them children.
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