Serbian government collects 13,500 weapons

The Serbian government has collected an estimated 13,500 weapons following two mass shootings in the country.

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00:00People in Serbia have handed over an estimated 13,500 weapons in the aftermath of two mass

00:05shootings that left 17 people dead.

00:07After two mass shootings in two days, the Serbian government declared a one-month amnesty

00:12period to allow citizens to turn over unregistered weapons without fear of being sent to prison.

00:17The hefty display of weapons, which includes automatic guns, hand grenades and anti-tank

00:21rocket launchers, was visited by the country's president.

00:24This is something we promised to the citizens of Serbia.

00:28It is necessary, it is important, for the greater security of our citizens.

00:32According to Vučić, half of the weapons were illegally owned while the other half were

00:36legally registered.

00:37Beginning on June 8, the government will start to enforce a crackdown on illegally owned weapons.

00:41The nationwide disarmament campaign comes after a seventh grader shot and killed nine

00:45people, including eight classmates, at his school in the country's capital.

00:49The second mass shooting, in which a man killed eight people in a village, happened just a

00:53day later.

00:54Serbia ranks third in the world for gun ownership, only trailing behind the United States and

00:58Yemen.