The 267-page indictment against the father and mother of the boy who committed mass murder

The higher public prosecutor's office in Belgrade filed an indictment against Vladimir K., the boy's father, who killed nine peers and a guard at the "Vladislav Ribnikar" elementary school on May 3. The prosecution is asking for 12 years in prison for him, and two and a half years for the child's mother. The indictment against both the owner and the worker of the shooting range for perjury - three years in prison is requested for them.

The chief public prosecutor of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, Nenad Stefanović, announced that Vladimir K. was accused of committing a serious crime against general security, as well as that he trained his 13-year-old son to handle weapons for a year. He was also accused of not legally storing weapons and ammunition.

"After a little more than five months of comprehensive investigation, the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade filed an indictment against Vladimir K., the father of the child who on May 3, 2023, killed 10 people, including nine children, and injured six people, five of whom are children," said prosecutor Stefanović.

The prosecutor stated that there is a well-founded suspicion that in the period of one year before the tragedy at Vladislav Rybnikar elementary school, the defendant trained his 13-year-old son to handle air and firearms, as well as the associated ammunition, to shoot targets in the form of concentric circles, taught him to fill the frame, stand and breathe properly when using a firearm.

As Stefanović stated, the investigation established that the defendant did not keep weapons and ammunition in the safe attached to the wall in the hallway closet, which he previously acquired in order to meet the conditions for safe storage and storage of weapons, in order to obtain approval from the competent authority for acquisition and possession of firearms.

"Namely, he kept the said firearm with the associated six frames and ammunition instead of in a metal safe with a key, in two plastic suitcases that are used for transporting the weapon, not for its safe storage and storage." These suitcases were in a black backpack, while the weapon and the associated frame were packed in one plastic suitcase with a padlock that had a code, while the other plastic suitcase was without a padlock and the associated ammunition was placed in it," he stated. Stefanovic.

According to the Prosecution, the defendant allowed the child to get the mentioned weapon, which he had previously trained to shoot in the shooting club, and for the acquisition and possession of which he received approval from the competent authority.

"The defendant's son is suspected to have obtained the weapon on May 1, 2023, when he filled six associated frames with ammunition for Czech Zbrojovka and Ruger pistols, a total of 92 rounds, and kept them with him, and then transferred them on May 3 into his backpack and took with him to the Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School, where he committed the crime. "Entering the ground floor of the school, the boy first shot at the security guard, then he shot at two female students who were sitting at the duty table, as well as another female student who was next to the piano," said Stefanović.

The Prosecutor's Office is seeking multi-year prison terms
The prosecution is asking for 12 years in prison for Vladimir Kecmanović, and two and a half years in prison for the child's mother, whose DNA was found on the ammunition.

Both the owner of the shooting range and the employee of the shooting range are accused for, as Stefanović stated, false testimony. The Prosecution is seeking three years in prison for them.

Stefanović said that the indictment was written on 267 pages and that an extensive investigation was conducted. He also pointed to the specificity of the case, since the crime was committed by a thirteen-year-old child, which is why he cannot be held criminally responsible.