Covering Serbia's back-to-back massacres for the New-York Times | Vladimir Zivojinovic

On 3 May 2023, a school shooting occurred at Vladislav Ribnikar Model Elementary School in the Vračar municipality of Belgrade, Serbia. The shooter, identified as a 13-year-old male student, opened fire on students and staff, resulting in the deaths of ten individuals, including nine students and a security guard. Inland Photographer Vladimir Zivojinovic covered the events on assignment for the New-York Times. 
Serbian police arrested a student following a shooting at an elementary school in the capital Belgrade on May 3, 2023, the interior ministry said.

On the evening of 4 May 2023, a 21-year-old Serbian man carried out a shooting spree in Dubona, Mladenovac, Belgrade, Serbia, and Malo Orašje, Smederevo. Armed with a semi-automatic rifle, he opened fire from a car, resulting in the deaths of eight individuals, including a police officer, and leaving fourteen others injured. The perpetrator fled the scene but was apprehended the next day near Kragujevac. 

This incident occurred one day after the Belgrade school shooting. Both shootings caused anti-government protests in Serbia. The visual stories of  Zivojinovic were published on the New-York Times alongside the written piece by Constant Méheut, John Yoon, Joe Orovic and Jenny Gross.