Belgrade, May 3 (EFE).- Eight children and a security guard were killed Wednesday after a 14-year-old student opened fire at a school in the Serbian capital Belgrade, the interior ministry said.

*Ambulance cars stand ready at the site as police officers block a street near the Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school in Belgrade, Serbia, 03 May 2023. EFE/EPA/ANDREJ CUKIC*

Six more pupils and a teacher were injured and transferred to nearby hospitals, according to the ministry statement.

The suspected gunman, a seventh-grader who used a pistol that allegedly belonged to his father, was arrested at Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school, in the center of the capital.

Belgrade police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

*Police officers block a street near the Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school in Belgrade, Serbia, 03 May 2023. EFE/EPA/ANDREJ CUKIC*

Sinisa Ducic, the chief of Tirsova Hospital, told local television that three children were admitted, including a girl who sustained severe head injuries.EFE

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