Žitište shooting

Žitište shooting
Žitište
The location of the attack
LocationŽitište, Central Banat District, Vojvodina, Serbia
Coordinates45°28′57.98″N 20°33′4.82″E / 45.4827722°N 20.5513389°E / 45.4827722; 20.5513389
Date2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)
Attack type
WeaponsAK-47 assault rifle
Deaths5
Injured22
PerpetratorSiniša Zlatić
MotiveUnclear, jealousy suspected

On 2 July 2016, a Serbian man killed five people and injured twenty-two others after he opened fire with an assault rifle in a café in the village of Žitište, in the Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The perpetrator was later identified as Siniša Zlatić (Serbian Cyrillic: Синиша Златић).