Shocked by two mass shootings, Serbia threatens bombs to 110 schools this time :: Sympathy Media Newsis News Agency ::

[베오그라드(세르비아)=AP/뉴시스]Reporter Yoo Se-jin = In Serbia, which was shocked by two mass shootings, including one at an elementary school earlier this month, a bomb threat was raised at about 110 schools on the 17th, the Serbian Ministry of Education said.

The Ministry of Education said that 78 elementary schools and 37 high schools in Belgrade had been alerted by email early this morning that explosives had been planted.

Classes were postponed and students evacuated as police searched school buildings.

However, there have been no reports of a bomb being found at any school, and the police are yet to announce the results of the search.

In Serbia, there have been several similar threats to schools in the past, but each time it has been proven false. However, after two consecutive shootings on the 3rd and 4th, which killed 10 people and injured 21 others, security concerns have been greatly heightened.

Authorities have already deployed police at schools and cracked down on guns.

A 13-year-old boy opened fire with his father’s gun at an elementary school in central Belgrade on the 3rd, and a day later, a 20-year-old man opened fire at random people with an automatic rifle in two villages in southern Belgrade. did. The two shootings that followed shocked Serbia, and demanded a strong response from the government. Tens of thousands of people took part in two protests against violence after the shooting, and another large-scale demonstration is planned for the 19th.

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