Girl wounded in Serbia shooting is in critical condition, state TV says


People light up candles to pay tribute for victims of Belgrade school mass shooting in Podgorica, Montenegro, May 5, 2023. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic

BELGRADE (Reuters) -A girl shot in the head in a school shooting in Serbia in which eight pupils and a guard were killed is still in critical condition, while two boys who were being treated in the same hospital have been released, RTS state TV reported on Saturday.

The country is in shock and mourning after two mass shootings: the school massacre in Belgrade on Wednesday, and a rampage outside the city on Thursday in which another eight people were killed. Suspects in both incidents are in custody.

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