Court convicts parents of teenager who shot dead 10 people in Belgrade school

Students hold white flowers in front of the court building as the verdict is given in a trial of the parents of a boy who killed 10 people in a school shooting in 2023 in Belgrade. Picture: Darko Vojinovic/AP

A court in Serbia has convicted the parents of a teenage boy who shot dead nine pupils and a guard and wounded six more people at a school in Belgrade in 2023.

The Higher Court in Belgrade sentenced Vladimir Kecmanovic, father of the boy, to 14 years and six months in prison for “grave acts against public safety” and for child neglect.