Velika Ivanča rampage
Coordinates: 44 ° 25 ′ 24.2 " N , 20 ° 35 ′ 31.4" E
The Velika Ivanča rampage took place on April 9, 2013 in Velika Ivanča, 50 kilometers south of Belgrade in Serbia . The 60-year-old Ljubiša Bogdanović broke into five houses of his neighbors and relatives between 4:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. and shot six men, six women and a two-year-old child. It is the massacre with the most deaths in Serbia since the end of the Yugoslav wars .
Sequence of events
Between 4:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. (CET), the 60-year-old man stormed five houses of neighbors and relatives in Velika Ivanča with a gun. All victims slept during the crime and were shot in the head. According to the perpetrator, the first victims were the 42-year-old son and then the man's mother in the own house. His wife survived the attack, seriously injured. After that, Bogdanović continued the series of murders in the surrounding houses. The alerted police were able to prevent him from suicide in a garden . The perpetrator survived the attack with life-threatening injuries, but died on April 11, 2013 of his injuries. According to Serbian media reports, twelve victims were dead on the spot, the thirteenth died from injuries in hospital.
Fatalities
- Ljubiša Bogdanović, 60, shooter
- Branko Bogdanović, 42, the son of Ljubiša Bogdanović
- Dobrila Bogdanović, 83, mother of Ljubiša Bogdanović
- Mikailo Despotović, 61
- Milena Despotović, 61, wife of Mikailo Despotović
- Goran Despotović, grandson of Mikailo and Milena Despotović
- Jovana Despotović, 21, wife of Goran Despotović
- David Despotović, 2, son of Goran and Jovana Despotović
- Ljubina Jelasić, 64
- Miloš Jelasić, 48, son of Ljubina Jelasić
- Velja Mijailović, 78
- Olga Mijailović, 79, wife of Velja Mijailović
- Danica Stekić, 78
- Dragana Stekić, 50, daughter of Danica Stekić
backgrounds
No motives for the death of the perpetrator are known. The perpetrator owned the firearm legally and had never been seen violent. According to unconfirmed media reports, the perpetrator was in psychotherapeutic treatment for unknown reasons .
Ljubiša Bogdanović (* 1953 in Velika Ivanča; † April 11, 2013 in Belgrade ) was a 60-year-old Serbian war veteran from the Croatian War , where he fought for four and a half months. His father committed suicide when Ljubiša Bogdanović was a child. He and his brother were then taken to see their grandfather Obrad, who is said to have raised the children very strictly and punished them for any small mistake. He had had a gun license since 1981. Bogdanović and his son, who was killed in the shooting, were employees of a Slovenian company until 2012. Both lost their jobs in 2012. Some neighbors described him as a "quiet contemporary" and said they knew about a violent past. They also knew of an argument with his son, as he was in a relationship with a girl whom Ljubiša Bogdanović disagreed with.
Although Bogdanović did not know if he had a mental illness, cases have been reported in his family. In addition to Bogdanović's father, who committed suicide, his uncle and cousin also suffered from a mental illness.
His wife was also unable to provide any information about the background. Ljubiša Bogdanović is said to have said immediately before the crime that there is no longer any life for her.
Reactions
Because of the rampage, the Serbian government arranged a special meeting. The Serbian government declared April 10, 2013 a day of mourning.
Police chief Veljović announced in a reaction to the act a swift amendment to the arms and ammunition law. Stricter requirements for the possession of weapons and ammunition are to be set.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c rampage on ORF
- ↑ RT
- ↑ a b Die Welt Online
- ↑ AlJazeera
- ↑ a b c d e f g NAJSTRAŠNIJI PRIZOR MASAKRA: Ubijena mlada majka sa detetom , Kurir (9 April 2013)
- ↑ a b c d Man guns down 13 people - including a child - in a village near Belgrade in Serbia , Daily Mail (9 April 2013)
- ↑ Un forcené tue 13 personnes , Le Journal de Montréal (April 9, 2013)
- ↑ a b Rođaci u šoku: Ubica nemilosrdno pucao u glavu dvogodišnjem dečaku , Blic (9 April 2013)
- ↑ 13 people shot dead in village near Serbian capital, Belgrade , RTE (April 9, 2013)
- ↑ a b Fedja Grulovic: Man shoots dead 13 relatives and neighbors in Serb village . In: Reuters , April 9, 2013.
- ↑ Man kills 13 people in village south of Belgrade . In: B92 , April 9, 2013.
- ↑ Balkan was veteran kills 13 in Belgrade shooting spree . In: Euronews , April 9, 2013.
- ↑ Javorka, supruga ubice: Tukao me je često , Večernje novosti (April 10, 2013)
- ↑ Aleksandar Vasovic: Gunman who killed 13 in Serbia dies in hospital . In: Reuters , April 12, 2013.
- ↑ Smrtonosni contract masovnog ubice: Kako per Ljubiša Bogdanović zatro pet porodica , Blic (11 April 2013)
- ↑ 13 people killed in shooting spree in Serbia ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Detroit News (April 9, 2013)
- ^ Salzburger Nachrichten of April 14, 2013
- ↑ Serbian shooting rampage: war veteran kills 13 relatives and neighbors . In: Guardian , April 9, 2013.
- ↑ Day of mourning observed in Serbia after mass shooting . April 10, 2013. Archived from the original on May 2, 2013 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Salzburg News
