Coverage dated August 20, 2024

School employee kills at least 3 people in a Bosnian town, police say

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police say a school employee has shot and killed three people in a town in northwestern Bosnia. Police said the shooting happened around 10a.m. local time Wednesday in a secondary school building in Sanski Most, northwest of Bosnia’s capital, Sarajevo.

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  1. Local News 8

    School employee kills at least 3 people in a Bosnian town, police say (opens Local News 8)

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    SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police say a school employee has shot and killed three people in a town in northwestern Bosnia. Police said the shooting happened around 10a.m. local time Wednesday in a secondary school building in Sanski Most, northwest of Bosnia’s capital, Sarajevo.

  2. CNN

    Three killed in shooting in school in western Bosnia (opens CNN)

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    Three staff members of a high school in the western Bosnian town of Sanski Most were killed on Wednesday when a school employee shot them and then tried to take his own life, police said.

  3. New York Times

    Gunman Kills 3 People at School in Bosnia (opens New York Times)

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    The attacker, a school employee, used a “military weapon, an automatic rifle” before then attempting to kill himself, a police spokesman said.

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Bosnia: At least three killed in shooting in school – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A school employee shot and killed three people in a school building in a town in northwestern Bosnia, police said. The shooter was severely injured.

  5. Al Jazeera

    At least three killed in Bosnia school shooting (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The suspect, a school employee, opened fire with an automatic rifle and tried to kill himself, police say.

  6. Deutsche Welle

    Bosnia: At least 3 killed in shooting in school – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A school employee shot and killed three people in a school building in a town in northwestern Bosnia, police said. The shooter was severely injured.

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