Anniversary of the Ribnikar Murders, a Tragedy That Shook Serbia: K. K. in Institution, Parents Still on Trial
Three years have passed since then-thirteen-year-old K. K. killed nine students and a school guard with his father's two pistols at Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in Belgrade, and injured five more students and a history teacher.
TL;DR
- The article marks the third anniversary of a mass shooting at Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in Belgrade, where a 13-year-old student killed nine students and a guard, injuring five students and a teacher.
- The perpetrator, K. K., who was under the age of criminal responsibility, is in a psychiatric institution.
- The initial convictions of K. K.'s parents, Vladimir and Miljana Kecmanović, have been overturned by the Appellate Court, and a retrial has been ordered.
- Civil lawsuits filed by victims' families and injured parties against the parents and the school have resulted in a first-instance ruling ordering compensation exceeding 411 million dinars.
- An instructor at the shooting range where K. K. trained received a one-year house arrest sentence for perjury, and the range owner received six months house arrest for false testimony after a plea agreement.
- Serbia has established May 3rd and 4th as Days of Remembrance for victims of mass killings, including the Ribnikar school shooting and subsequent shootings in Orašje and Dubona.