Day of mourning for Jabukovac victims

Day of mourning for Jabukovac victims

Two persons and the shooter were seriously wounded.

Police has identified the victimes as Draginja Borongić, 55, Branislav Borongić, 58, Persa Banković, 37, Veljko Đorđević, 58, Dragan Đorđević, 22, Srđan Bađikić, 15, Anika Čogić, 45, Marina Kutkurenović, 75, and Branislav Badejević, 30.

Locals, still in shock, say Radosavljević had problems with controlling his temper before, adding that no one could have predicted the tragedy.

“One one occasion, while returning from Austria, where he worked, Radosavljević had a fit of temper in a bus. The driver had to pull over to hold him down. Had the police reacted at the time and seized the weapon, the tragedy might have been prevented,” a local said.

Special police units and helicopters searched for the gunman who fled the scene after the shooting to find him in the village cemetery. Radosavljević reportedly tried to commit suicide, but was prevented by police. 

"He  was later transferred to a hospital in Niš and received treatment for chest injuries and broken ribs," Dragan Tasić, a doctor in the Niš hospital, confirmed for B92.

“Radosavljević has thus fur refused to give statements,” he said.

Two persons injured in the shooting spree were admitted to the same hospital. According to Tasić, their condition is stable.

Interior Minister Dragan Jočić appeared along the police officers at the scene Saturday.

“This is a huge tragedy. We have never seen something like this happen for the past fifty years. The killer did not choose his victims. He stepped out of his house, and just began to shoot randomly, killing old people, children, all those that got in his way,” he said.

According to police and the locals, Radisavljević had recently returned from Austria, where he worked, and had had a row with his wife, beating her severely before the incident.

The Associated Press reported than the Austria authorities said Radosavljević had no criminal record there. Foreign Ministry spokesman Georg Schnetzer said the suspected shooter, who held only Serbian citizenship, had been a guest worker since 2006.