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5 killed, 20 injured in cafe shooting in Serbia

Associated Press
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    A police officer walks away from the scene of a shooting in the village of Zitiste, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, July 2, 2016. A gunman killed five people and injured at least 20 others early Saturday when he opened fire with an automatic weapon in a crowded cafe in northern Serbia, police said. (AP Photo) (The Associated Press)

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    A police officer walks away from the scene of a shooting in the village of Zitiste, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, July 2, 2016. A gunman killed five people and injured at least 20 others early Saturday when he opened fire with an automatic weapon in a crowded cafe in northern Serbia, police said. (AP Photo) (The Associated Press)

ZRENJANIN, Serbia – Police say five people were killed and at least 20 were injured when a man entered a cafe in northern Serbia and sprayed the visitors with automatic gun fire. The suspect was arrested.

The attack occurred at 01:40 a.m. local time Saturday in a village close to the town of Zrenjanin.

A police statement says a man identified only as Z.S. first killed his wife and another woman before randomly shooting at the other occupants of the cafe.

The motives of the shooting were being investigated.