(23 Dec 2024)
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++NIGHT SHOTS++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Zagreb, Croatia – 23 December 2024
1. Various of people marching in silence through city centre carrying banner reading (in Croatian) "For safe schools"
2. Various of people holding candles as they march
3. Wide of marchers near city’s main square
4. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Kristina (no surname given) protestor from Zapresic:
"The government had a year to do something, after the incident in Belgrade. But did the minister do anything? If this hadn’t happened there would be no public debate about this problem. Why is the loss of a human life needed for anything to change?"
5. People marching in silence towards main square
6. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Ivan (no surname given) protestor from Zagreb:
"A single picture says more than words. This evening, marching without words, without slogans, might, I think, send a much bigger message to the public, to the rest of the country, and beyond."
7. Crowd of people carrying lanterns
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Croatians joined a silent march on Monday evening in the capital Zagreb, to mourn the victims of a knife attack at a school last week and to call for better security measures at schools.
Some carried candles as they made their way to the city’s main square.
"Marching without words, without slogans, might, I think, send a much bigger message to the public, to the rest of the country, and beyond," one man said.
On Friday morning, the last day of school before the Christmas holidays, a knife-wielding teenager with a history of mental illness walked into an elementary school in the city’s western neighbourhood of Precko and stabbed several children and a teacher.
A 7-year-old child was killed in the attack, while three other students and a 50-year-old teacher were wounded.
None are in life-threatening condition, although the teacher, who suffered more than 30 stab wounds, underwent surgery and was put in intensive care.
The 19-year-old attacker was apprehended and also taken to hospital after a suicide attempt.
School attacks are rare in the Balkans.
In May 2023 a school shooting in Belgrade, when a 13-year-old killed nine students and a security guard at an elementary school, shocked the region.
Over the weekend, vigils were held in Zagreb but also in Belgrade, in support of victims of the attack in Precko.
The incident stirred up debates about school safety, the influence of social media, and mental healthcare, with many, including education unions, calling for tighter security measures at schools.
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