TUZLA CANTON PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE Minor fired multiple shots at teacher, hitting him in the neck with one

(Patria) - The Assistant Director and English teacher at Lukavac Grad Elementary School, Nedim Osmanović, was seriously wounded this morning by a gunshot in the premises of this school. He was hospitalized at the UKC Tuzla with a severe and life-threatening gunshot wound to the neck, and surgery is underway, the Tuzla Canton Prosecutor's Office announced. 

"The suspect is a child who is not yet 14 years old (born at the end of June 2009). The child was detained at the Lukavac Police Administration. After firing multiple shots at the teacher and hitting him with one shot, he discarded the pistol, which was found and will be subject to expert examination.

The on-site investigation is being conducted by the duty prosecutor in cooperation with the Criminal Police Sector of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of TK and the OKP PU Lukavac.

Two prosecutors are involved in the investigation. The duty prosecutor is conducting investigative actions and supervising the investigation, as well as the juvenile prosecutor who is involved in taking further measures and actions regarding the child. The Social Work Center was immediately involved, and contacts are being made with relevant medical and other competent institutions regarding the treatment of the child in accordance with the Law on Protection and Treatment of Children and Minors in Criminal Proceedings.

Necessary investigative actions are being taken to determine all circumstances related to this event," the TK Prosecutor's Office announced.