Belgrade Court Sentences Father Of School Shooter To 14 Years [Video]

A court in Belgrade has jailed the parents of a 13-year-old boy who last year shot and killed nine students and a security guard at an elementary school.

The Higher Court on December 30 announced a 14-year sentence against Vladimir Kecmanovic, father of the shooter in the May 2023 attack, and a three-year sentence against Miljana Kecmanovic, the shooter’s mother.

The Higher Court also sentenced shooting range instructor Nemanja Marinkovic to one year and three months in prison.

Vladimir Kecmanovic was convicted of a serious crime against public safety and neglect and abuse of a minor. He has been accused of training his 13-year-old son to handle firearms and failing to provide proper storage conditions for the weapons the boy used in committing the …