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A 60-year old man reportedly gunned down 13 people, including six women and a two-year-old child, as he went on a shooting spree from house to house in the quiet village before trying to kill himself and his wife, police and hospital officials said.



The gunman, identified by police as Ljubisa Bogdanovic - a war veteran born in 1953 - also shot his wife before turning the gun on himself.



Villagers told Serbian reporters he first killed his son before leaving the house and shooting his neighbors, some of whom were still asleep.



Serbian police chief Milorad Veljovic said 12 people were killed on the spot, while one person died in a Belgrade hospital.

"Most of the victims were shot in the head as they slept," he said.

Mr Veljovic, who is at the scene, told RTS that the gunman was "from a peaceful family and had no criminal record".

"We're all just stunned," he said.



The officer added that the motive for the killings was not yet clear.