- By Mattea Bubalo
- BBC News
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People lay flowers outside the Vladislav Ribnikar grade school in Belgrade
Serbia’s president has actually promised “an almost total deactivating” of the nation, after the 2nd mass shooting there in two days.
Aleksandar Vucic revealed a host of brand-new rigorous weapons manage steps, consisting of more regular background examine weapon owners.
On Friday, a man was jailed after opening fire from a moving car – eliminating 8 and hurting 14.
That shooting came not long after a boy killed 9 individuals at a school.
Wednesday’s attack, where the thirteen-year-old shot dead 8 fellow students at his school in Belgrade, in addition to a guard, was Serbia’s worst shooting in years.
The 2nd occurrence took place in the early hours of Friday near the town of Mladenovac, 60km (37 miles) south of Belgrade, when the shooter opened fire from a moving car.
Reports on regional media state the suspect – who the interior ministry said was born in 2002 – began shooting at individuals with an automated weapon after having an argument with a policeman in a park on Thursday night.
He was jailed on Friday early morning after “a comprehensive search”, which apparently included 600 policemans, the interior ministry said.
Speaking at an interview after the 2nd shooting, President Aleksandar Vucic revealed a push to deactivate the nation as he condemned the latest attack as “terrorism” and “an attack on all of us”.
Serbia has amongst the greatest gun ownership rates on the planet, and he said no brand-new weapon authorizations would be provided.
“We will carry out a modification of all individuals who posses guns, around 400,000 of them. After these checks, there will disappear than 30,000 to 40,000 weapons lawfully owned,” he said.
He likewise revealed that charges for prohibited belongings of guns will be doubled. Penalties for bring weapons like knives will be increased too.
Weapons holders will go through more regular psychiatric and mental tests, in addition to advertisement hoc drug screening.
President Vucic likewise pledged to reinforce security for schools, revealing that 1,200 brand-new policemans will be hired in the next 6 months to be released to schools throughout the nation.
Mass shootings are exceptionally uncommon in Serbia, although weapon ownership in the nation is amongst the greatest in Europe.
The western Balkans are likewise awash with prohibited weapons following wars and discontent in the 1990s. In 2019, it was approximated that there are 39.1 guns per 100 individuals in Serbia – the 3rd greatest on the planet, behind the United States and Montenegro.
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