Mladenovac

SMEDEREVO - The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Smederevo on Wednesday raised an indictment against Uros B, charged with killing nine people, wounding 12 others and attempting to kill 20 other people in a May 4 shooting spree in the Dubona and Malo Orasje villages in the Mladenovac municipality.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that since May 8, more than 37,000 illegal weapons and explosive devices have been handed over to authorities. He added that he will fight for the return of the death penalty after the shootings in Belgrade and the municipality of Mladenovac, in which dozens of people were killed and injured, BGNES reported.

SMEDEREVO - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic visited the families of the Mladenovac and Smederevo massacre victims on Tuesday and spoke with the parents and relatives of those killed.

He visited the Panic and Todorovic families in the Dubona village and the Stevanovic, Milic, Milovanovic and Mitrovic families in the Malo Orasje village.

The meeting is scheduled for May 26.
At the very beginning, Vui thanked the gathered people.
"Thank you for being here today. In this number, they tried everything, to prevent the holding of the rally, to prevent people who think differently, to prevent those who just love their country. They did not succeed. Today our country is facing countless difficulties'', Vucic said.

BELGRADE - PM Ana Brnabic said on Thursday Serbian authorities would get the country disarmed and revoke 90 pct of firearms licences in the wake of the Belgrade and Mladenovac mass shootings.

The session will discuss, among other things, the security situation in Serbia that arose after the mass murders in Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school and in the area around Smederevo and Mladenovac.

Two days later, a 21-year-old man went on a shooting spree in the Belgrade suburb of Mladenovac, killing eight and wounding 13.

Thousands of Serbs have since taken to the streets to protest what they say is a culture of violence in Serbian society fed by irresponsible politicians and tabloid media.

"America should be ashamed," writes this journalist, alluding to the quick measures that the state of Serbia, led by President Aleksandar Vui, took after two consecutive massacres. The British Guardian published a similar article yesterday.

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.

Although the days of mourning have passed, Serbia is still grieving. Two massacres, in Vraar and near Mladenovac, shocked the entire society, and the recovery from the tragedy will take a long time.