Serbia launches major manhunt for gunman after second mass shooting in two days - UPDATED

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. Hundreds of Serbian special forces operatives are hunting down a gunman who killed at least eight people and wounded 13 others in the country’s second mass shooting in as many days.

The massacre took place11 p.m.Thursday night,CNN reported citing the country’s Interior Ministry.

The attacker was in a vehicle with two other people, and got out before opening fire with an automatic firearm in the village of Dubona, about 60 kilometers southeast of the Serbian capital Belgrade, CNN reported citing its affiliate N1 and public broadcaster RTS.

The suspect then fled the scene, before later shooting in the villages of Mali Orašje and Šepšin.

The shooter remains at large and a warrant has been issued for the suspect, a 21-year-old male identified as Uros B. by Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic.

More than 600 members of Serbian Special Forces are involved in the manhunt.

This comes a day after the Serbia wasrocked by news of a 13-year-old boy opening fire on classmatesat a school in the capital Belgrade. That shooting left at least eight children dead, along with a security guard.

Until this week, mass shootings were rare in Serbia, despite the country’s high rate of gun ownership, according to CNN.

Updates:

12:16 - Serbian law enforcement agencies announce arrest of suspected gunman