Serbian authorities have displayed around 13,500 weapons they say people have handed over since this month’s mass shootings, including hand grenades, automatic weapons, and anti-tank rocket launchers.
The authorities have declared a one-month amnesty period for citizens to hand over unregistered weapons or face prison sentences as part of a crackdown on guns following the two mass shootings that left 17 people dead.
President Aleksandar Vucic accompanied top police officials for the weapons’ display near the town of Smederevo, 50 kilometers south of the capital, Belgrade.
Vucic said the approximately half of the weapons collected were illegal while the other half were registered weapons that citizens nonetheless handed over.
He added the weapons will go to Serbia’s arms and ammunitions factories for potential use by the armed forces.
