
No new gun permits in Serbia after mass shootings
President Aleksandar Vucic said no new gun permits would be issued and existing owners would face increased background checks.
Serbia is embarking on a push to disarm the country after two mass shootings within forty-eight hours.
President Aleksandar Vucic said no new gun permits would be issued and existing owners would face increased background checks. We'll hear from our correspondent in Belgrade.
Also in the programme: The WHO declares that Covid 19 is no longer a global health emergency; and the Irish language as well as Welsh and Scots Gaelic, are to be used for the first time in a British royal coronation.
(A police officer guards as a Crime Scene Investigator looks for evidence at a crime scene site in the village of Dubona, near Mladenovac, Serbia. Credit: Andrej Cukic/EPA)
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