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Vucic: Over 3,000 firearms handed in, stronger police presence in schools

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said over 3,000 pieces of firearms and tens of thousands of bullets of various calibres had been handed in by Serbian citizens to date in a government campaign in the wake of last week's deadly shootings in Belgrade and Mladenovac.

Serbia’s Opposition Parties Call for Protest Following Mass Shootings

After two mass shootings last week that took 17 lives and injured another 20 people, Serbia's opposition has called for a protest on Monday May 8, called "Serbia against violence" with several demands, including bans of reality shows and tabloids spreading lies and violence, and sackings of politicians and heads of the media regulatory body, REM.

Vucic: We will introduce measures that will substantially change our society

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Sunday evening that Serbia would introduce severe measures that would substantially change its society in the wake of the massacres in Belgrade and Mladenovac.

"Our duty is to come out of this big tragedy united and to try to solve some problems in a different way," Vucic said in an appearance on the RTS.

Vucic compared the situation in Serbia to the September 11 Attacks in the US

After the second mass shooting in Serbia in 48 hours, President Aleksandar Vucic compared the situation in the country today to the 9/11 attacks in the United States and to the mass murders in Christchurch, New Zealand. In an emotional address to the nation, he announced that the most important goal now is to protect the children and police units will be stationed in front of all schools.

Man arrested after killing eight, wounding 13 people near Mladenovac

BELGRADE - Serbian police have arrested a 21-year-old man who killed eight and wounded 13 people in a shooting spree near Mladenovac last night.

The man, identified as Uros B, was arrested in the vicinity of Kragujevac, a source has confirmed to Tanjug.

Using an automatic weapon, he fired at residents of several villages in the Mladenovac municipality.

Second Mass Shooting in Two Days Stuns Serbia, Killing Eight

Serbia was reeling on Friday after a second mass shooting in two days claimed another eight victims.

Police announced that they had arrested a suspect for the mass murder of eight people and wounding 13 people Thursday night in several villages in the municipality of Mladenovac, near Belgrade.

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