Police will monitor schools in the country shaken by armed attacks

As of this morning, 2 policemen started working in 1800 schools in the Western Balkan country of Serbia.

Security at educational and training institutions has been increased after 9 people were killed in an attack on a 14-year-old student at the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, on May 3.

Bojan Krstic, principal of Njegos Primary School in Nis, in the south of the country, said: “From today, 2 policemen will be on duty in 1,800 schools every day. Previously, the police came to check, now they will be here as long as the lesson continues in the school. Stating that they were not informed about how long the security measures would last, Krstic said that the families also felt calmer.

Meanwhile, in local media news, it was shared that the police are in places where there are a lot of people, such as squares, streets, train and bus stops.

The Serbian Ministry of Interior, for its part, stated that there were 4 policemen at the entrance of the Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school, where an armed attack took place in which 9 people were killed, and that education in this school will continue on Wednesday.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic also announced yesterday that the police will be on duty in all schools, they will be armed and ready.

On May 3 in the capital, 9 people, 8 of whom were children, lost their lives in an armed attack by KK, a 14-year-old student in the 7th grade at Vladislav Ribnikar primary school. While a teacher and 6 students were injured in the attack on the school, it was revealed that the perpetrator KK had planned the attack for a month.

Two days after the attack on the school in the capital, the 21-year-old UB attacker fired randomly from a vehicle in the Dubonna village of Mladenvac with an automatic rifle, killing 8 people.

National mourning was declared after two armed attacks in Serbia that left 17 people dead. (AA)