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May 3, 2023

On May 3, 2023, nine students and a security guard are killed in the Belgrade school shooting, the first attack of its kind in Serbia. The year's #1 song was "Last Night" by Morgan Wallen.

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2023 (MMXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.

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On May 3, 2023

  1. 2023 Nine students and a security guard are killed in the Belgrade school shooting, the first attack of its kind in Serbia.

    2023 mass shooting in Serbia

    On the morning of 3 May 2023, a school shooting occurred at Vladislav Ribnikar Model Elementary School in the Vračar municipality of Belgrade, Serbia. The shooter, identified as 13-year-old Kosta Kecmanović, opened fire on students and staff, resulting in the deaths of ten individuals, including nine students and a security guard. Six others, five students and a teacher, also sustained injuries.

  2. 2023 Ethnic violence breaks out between the Meitei and the Kuki Zo people in the state of Manipur.

    Ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur, Northeast India

    On 3 May 2023, ethnic violence erupted in India's north-eastern state of Manipur between the Meitei people, a majority that lives in the Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Zo tribal community from the surrounding hills. According to government figures, as of 22 November 2024, 258 people have been killed in the violence and 60,000 people have been displaced. Earlier figures also mentioned over 1,000 injured, and 32 missing.

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