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(NEW YORK) — At least nine people are dead and seven others are wounded after a shooting at a school in Serbia’s capital on Wednesday, authorities said.

The suspect, who has been arrested, is a 14-year-old boy who allegedly took his father’s gun to school in Belgrade and opened fire, police said.

A security guard and eight students — all children — were among those killed, police said. Six other students and a teacher were injured and taken to a local hospital, according to police.

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