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12.June 2026 IN THE

Tragedy near Tutin: A 17-year-old boy was killed while cleaning a rifle

A 17-year-old young man from the village of Škrijelje near Tutin died on the spot after, according to initial information, the hunting rifle went off and a shot was fired. The police and the competent prosecutor conducted an investigation, and the circumstances of the accident are being investigated

Firearms in Serbia

10.May 2023. Filip Mirilović

New tragedies, old problems

According to the data of the world research for small arms from 2018, it is estimated that there were 2.720.000 weapons in the possession of civilians in Serbia at that time. Of these, 1.186.000 are registered and 1.533.000 are unregistered. When it comes to the number of firearms per capita (civilian), according to the website World population review 2023, Serbia ranks fifth in the world, with an index of 39,1 per hundred people. It is important to note that Serbia is the only European country in the top five rankings