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At least five people are reported to have been killed and 20 wounded after a gunman opened fire in a cafe in Serbia.
The man burst into the building armed with an assault rifle just before 2.00am local time in the early hours of this morning.
The attack happened in a small village near to the town of Zrenjanin, 30 miles northwest of the capital, Belgrade.
Children are said to be among those injured.
Police are currently only identifying the man as Z.S.
Police say the suspect was arrested at the scene and he remains in custody.
Officers are identifying the man as Z.S. and claim he started his rampage by killing his wife and another woman.
It is not known if the other woman was known to him.
The attack happened at the Makijato cafe in the early hours of this morning
He then began firing indiscriminately at other patrons of the "Makijato" cafe.
Witnesses told how the attacker came to the cafe and saw his wife with a group of friends.
He went home before returning with a gun.
Svetozar Manojlovic: "He just pulled out a gun and started shooting, first into the air - it sounded like firecrackers at first.
The gunman fled the scene but was arrested by police nearby
"Then the guy next to me fell down and others started falling down. It was total chaos."
His killing spree was brought to an end when people in the cafe managed to overpower the him and take the gun off him.
The attack happened in a small village some 30 miles northwest of the capital Belgrade
He escaped on foot but was detained by police nearby.
The wounded were taken to hospitals in nearby Zrenjanin and Novi Sad.
So far seven people have undergone surgery and are in a serious condition, according to doctors.
Zrenjanin
The motives behind the shooting are currently unclear but Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic speculated it was to do with jealousy.
He said: "This was completely unexpected. There were no signs at all, people tell us that he was completely calm and normal."
He went on to say that automatic weapon were illegal and urged the public to turn in and guns that they may have following the wars that tore the country apart in the 1990s.
After killing his wife it is claimed the man opened fire and began spraying the room with bullets
The man burst into the building armed with an assault rifle just before 2.00am local time in the early hours of this morning.
The attack happened in a small village near to the town of Zrenjanin, 30 miles northwest of the capital, Belgrade.
Children are said to be among those injured.
Police are currently only identifying the man as Z.S.
Police say the suspect was arrested at the scene and he remains in custody.
Officers are identifying the man as Z.S. and claim he started his rampage by killing his wife and another woman.
It is not known if the other woman was known to him.
The attack happened at the Makijato cafe in the early hours of this morning
He then began firing indiscriminately at other patrons of the "Makijato" cafe.
Witnesses told how the attacker came to the cafe and saw his wife with a group of friends.
He went home before returning with a gun.
Svetozar Manojlovic: "He just pulled out a gun and started shooting, first into the air - it sounded like firecrackers at first.
The gunman fled the scene but was arrested by police nearby
"Then the guy next to me fell down and others started falling down. It was total chaos."
His killing spree was brought to an end when people in the cafe managed to overpower the him and take the gun off him.
The attack happened in a small village some 30 miles northwest of the capital Belgrade
He escaped on foot but was detained by police nearby.
The wounded were taken to hospitals in nearby Zrenjanin and Novi Sad.
So far seven people have undergone surgery and are in a serious condition, according to doctors.
Zrenjanin
The motives behind the shooting are currently unclear but Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic speculated it was to do with jealousy.
He said: "This was completely unexpected. There were no signs at all, people tell us that he was completely calm and normal."
He went on to say that automatic weapon were illegal and urged the public to turn in and guns that they may have following the wars that tore the country apart in the 1990s.
After killing his wife it is claimed the man opened fire and began spraying the room with bullets
