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Sanski Most school shooting | |
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Location | Sanski Most Gymasium, Sanski Most, Una-Sana Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Coordinates | 44°46′4″N 16°39′27″E / 44.76778°N 16.65750°E |
Date | August 21, 2024 c. 10:15 a.m. |
Attack type | School shooting, mass shooting, mass murder, triple murder, attempted suicide |
Weapon | Automatic rifle |
Deaths | 3 |
Injured | 1 (the perpetrator) |
Perpetrator | Mehmed Vukalić[1] |
Motive | Under investigation, possibly retaliation for personal disputes |
On August 21, 2024, a school shooting occurred inside the Sanski Most Gymnasium,[2] located in Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina, when the perpetrator opened fire on three school employees. The shooter was identified as 50-year-old Mehmed Vukalić, a man working as a janitor, armed with an automatic rifle.[3] After the shooting, he attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in the chest, but was captured while doing so and taken into medical custody. Vukalić is currently in a non-life-threatening situation, and being held at the University Clinical Center of the Republika Srpska in Banja Luka.[4] The incident is currently the deadliest school shooting in Bosnian history.