Goranović allegedly set the house on fire with some kind of explosive, after which he hanged himself. Both his wife and daughters were killed.
The father had been in jail for domestic violence. He was released on the condition that he not go to his family’s home.
Violence against women and children is relatively common in Serbia. Some experts attribute this to the patriarchal relations in the Balkan country. Although others think that the trauma and social disruption caused by the Yugoslav wars at the end of the last century are also at the root of this.