Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic vows to launch a large-scale disarmament plan to remove hundreds of thousands of guns from country

Belgrade: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic vowed today to launch a large-scale disarmament plan to remove hundreds of thousands of guns from the country, following back-to-back mass shootings in the Balkan country this week. 

During a live broadcast, Mr Vucic said, they will do an almost complete disarming of Serbia. His statement comes hours after at least eight people were killed and 13 injured in the latest shooting near



Belgrade. 

An attacker armed with an automatic weapon opened fire from a moving vehicle before fleeing. Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic called the shooting a terrorist act. Police in the early hours arrested the suspected gunman following an hours-long manhunt throughout the night in the country's second mass shooting this week. 'The shooting comes a day after nine people were shot dead at an elementary school in the Serbian capital.