2023 Lukavac school shooting
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| 2023 Lukavac school shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Date | 14 June 2023 |
| Target | School staff |
Attack type | School shooting |
| Weapon | Handgun |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrator | Gabrijel Mijatović |
| Motive | Under investigation |
The 2023 Lukavac school shooting was a school shooting that occurred on 14 June 2023 in Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A 13-year-old former student entered a primary school and shot a teacher, who was seriously injured but survived.[1]
The suspect had reportedly been expelled from the school prior to the attack and was arrested shortly after the shooting.[2]
The perpetrator was a 13-year-old former student of the primary school in Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He had previously been transferred to another school during the school year due to behavioral issues.[3]
Local officials stated that the attacker was no longer a student at the school at the time of the shooting, having been removed earlier in the academic year.[4]
The incident occurred during a period of heightened concern about school violence in the region following the Belgrade school shooting earlier in 2023.
Shooting
The shooting took place on the morning of 14 June 2023 at the Osnovna škola "Lukavac Grad". According to authorities, the attacker entered the school armed with a handgun and sought out a member of staff.[5]
He fired multiple shots, seriously injuring a teacher (identified in local media as Nedim Osmanović), who sustained a gunshot wound to the neck and was transported to the University Clinical Center in Tuzla, where he underwent emergency surgery and was initially in critical condition.[6]
No students were physically injured in the attack. Police arrested the suspect shortly after the shooting and recovered the weapon.[7]
Following the incident, classes across Tuzla Canton were suspended, and authorities launched an investigation into the circumstances of the attack.[8]