Sniper rifles

Assault weapons and small arms sent from Bosnia and Serbia to Britain may have ended up in the hands of the militant Islamic group, research carried out by human rights organisation Amnesty International says.

Police officers on duty in the town of Nis in southern Serbia, who until recently carried only pistols, are now armed with automatic rifles, local media report.

Citizens who saw officers with the Zastava-manufactured M70AB2 rifles - "modeled after the Kalashnikov" - are worried and are contacting the local media outlet Juzne Vesti, inquiring about the change.