“What does anyone need an automatic weapon for? Or all these guns?” “After June 8, the state will respond with repressive measures and punishments will be very strict,” Vucic said of the post-amnesty period. The relinquished weapons will go to Serbian arms and ammunition factories for potential use by the country’s armed forces, the president said.Īuthorities have said that people caught with illegal weapons once the amnesty period ends could face prison sentences of up to 15 years, if they are convicted. Vucic said that approximately half of the arms collected since last week had been held illegally, while the other half were registered weapons that citizens nonetheless decided to part with. Similar weapons amnesties were held in the past with only limited success. Serbia has tens of thousands of weapons brought in from the battlefields of the 1990’s wars in the Balkans. Photos from the scene showed lines of rifles, automatic weapons and pistols stacked neatly on the floor in a warehouse along with wooden boxes filled with hand grenades.
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