Jabukovac killings
| Jabukovac killings | |
|---|---|
 The Negotin municipality in Serbia, the location of the attack | |
| Location | Jabukovac, Negotin, Serbia |
| Date |
July 27, 2007 5:30 p.m. |
Attack type | Mass murder, spree shooting |
| Weapons | Hunting rifle |
| Deaths | 9 |
Non-fatal injuries | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Nikola Radosavljević |
The Jabukovac killings occurred July 27, 2007, when the villager Nikola Radosavljević took a hunting rifle and shot dead five men and four women in the Serbian village of Jabukovac, near the border with Romania and Bulgaria.[1] Three other people in addition to the perpetrator were injured.[2][3]
Police used helicopters to find Radosavljević, who was traced to a nearby cemetery. He was injured but his condition was not life-threatening.[2]
Timeline
At 5:00 PM, Radosavljević was eating with his wife Jelena. After an argument he punched her in the face and Jelena fell down. Radosavljević jumped into a well. By 5:30 PM, Dragoslav Badžikić got him out of the well. A few minutes later, Radosavljević got his hunting rifle and walked out into the street.
Radosavljević then shot and killed a number of people in the vicinity. On the street at one point, Radosavljević met an older woman. He asked her in Romanian if she practiced magic. When she said no, he let her live.
At 1:30 AM the following day, Radosavljević was arrested and taken to Niš hospital. He was subsequently taken to a prison mental hospital in Belgrade where he was pronounced insane and sentenced to psychiatric imprisonment for the rest of his life.
List of victims
- House number 87 - Veljko Đorđević (58), Marina Kutkuregović (70) his mother in law, and Dragan Đorđević (22).
- Branislav Borongić (57) and Draginja Borongić (55).
- Pera Vujić, Radosavljević's cousin, wounded.
- House number 83 - Srđan Badžikić (15) and wounded Siniša Badžikić (36).
- Branislav Badejević (22) and wounded Vanuca Badejević (70).
- House number 71 - he killed Jelica Banković (37).
- House number 80 - he killed the mother-in-law of his brother, Anika Čogić (62).
See also
References
- ↑ "Serbia village gunman kills nine". BBC News. 28 July 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- 1 2 "9 are buried after attack by gunman in Serbia". The New York Times. 29 July 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "Monstrum iz Jabukovca oslobođen krivice". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 12 December 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
External links
- Shooting rampage leaves nine dead, B92 (July 28, 2007)
- Day of mourning for Jabukovac victims, B92 (July 29, 2007)