The teenager who killed eight fellow students and a school guard before being arrested has been identified by police as seventh-grade student K.K. He was identified by only his initials due to his age.
A 13-year-old who opened fire Wednesday at his school in Serbia's capital drew sketches of classrooms and wrote a list of people he intended to target in a meticulously planned attack, police said.
The teenager who killed eight fellow students and a school guard before being arrested has been identified by police as seventh-grade student K.K. He was identified by only his initials due to his age.
According to The Mirror, police have said he took his father's gun before shooting his teacher and then fellow students and security guards at the Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school in the capital Belgrade on Wednesday morning.
The children who died were seven girls and one boy - all aged between 11 and 14.
The school's assistant principal called the police at 8:40 am local time while the suspect himself phoned officers two minutes later and said he had shot a number of people, officers have said.
The assailant called police himself when the attack was over, though authorities received a call reporting the shooting two minutes earlier.
Police block streets around the Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade after the shooting.
Reports said terrified parents arrived at the school trying to find their children. Video from the scene showed commotion outside the school as police removed the suspect, whose head was covered as officers led him to a car parked in the street.
Milan Milosevic, who said his daughter was in a history class when the shooting took place, told N1 television that he rushed out when he heard what had happened.
"I asked, 'where is my child,' but no one could tell me anything at first," he said. "Then she called, and we found out she was out."
"He (the shooter) fired first at the teacher and then the children who ducked under the desks," Milosevic quoted his daughter as saying. "She said he was a quiet boy and a good student."
Police sealed off the blocks around the Vladislav Ribnikar school, in the centre of Belgrade. Primary schools in Serbia have eight grades.