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Serbia shocked by another mass shooting
Forensic police operate on a car in the village of Dubona, some 30 miles south of Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, May 5, 2023

SERBIA was shocked by another mass shooting today, after a gunman fired at random as the country was in mourning from a school attack earlier this week. 

The shooter, who wore a pro-Nazi T-shirt, killed eight people and wounded 14 in a series of villages in Serbia on Thursday evening, according to authorities. 

Police said a suspect, identified by the initials UB, was arrested near the central Serbian town of Kragujevac, about 60 miles south of Belgrade.

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