A spree shooting occurred in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča in the early hours of 9 April 2013.

[6] The gunman then entered four neighboring houses, killing five men, five women, and a two-year-old child, most of whom were shot in the head while they were sleeping.

[5] Ljubiša Bogdanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубиша Богдановић; 1953 – 11 April 2013) was born in Velika Ivanča.

[14] His father committed suicide when he was a child, and he and his brother Radmilo were brought up by their grandfather Obrad, who was said to have been extremely strict and beat him when he made any mistakes.

Bogdanović was a Serb veteran of the Croatian War of Independence, having served for four and a half months,[4][15] and had held a firearm permit since 1981.