Deadly school shooting in Finland blamed on bullying
Al JazeeraMAR 2024
The shooting at the secondary school in Sanski Most is a tragic call to action to address the plethora of illegal weapons that have flooded the Balkans since the wars in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The perpetrator behind this abhorrent act must also be held accountable to the full extent of the law.
While details on this incident have yet to be confirmed, violent occurrences such as this shine a spotlight on how, decades later, post-war horrors still grip the region. There's no excuse for the perpetrator's horrific crime, but it's undeniable that authorities must address the dearth of resources for veterans. It's time this changes.
There is a 4% chance more than 500 combatants will die as a result of an armed conflict in the Balkans by 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.