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More than 900 firearm-related incidents reported from July to September 2021 in the SEE region

The new Quarterly Armed Violence Regional Report recorded 922 firearm-related incidents1 in the region from July to September 2021. Some of the main findings are:

  • 922 firearm incidents were observed;
  • 408 cases of weapon seizures were recorded, with handguns being the most seized type of firearms (in 133 incidents);
  • 126 incidents in criminal context were reported, out of which 67 were related to armed robberies;
  • 82 celebratory shootings occurred during this quarter, in which gas pistols and handguns were the most misused type of firearm;
  • 92 victims were injured, while 36 were killed with firearms during this reporting period;
  • Men accounted for 98.5% of all perpetrators, of those whose sex was reported.

To read the whole report, please click here, and to follow the information published on AVMP, please click here.

 

About the Armed Violence Monitoring Platform (AVMP)

The AVMP monitors firearms-related incidents happening in South East Europe. Established in 2014, it collects detailed data from the media reports and reports of public institutions where available, covering Albania, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Kosovo*.

The collected data range from the type of incident, firearms used, age and gender of the victim and the perpetrator, outcome of the incident, etc.

The AVMP aims to make essential data available to all interested parties and serve as an informative tool for interventions with the overarching goal of a more effective arms control framework and reducing their negative impact on civilians.

The AVMP is supported with funding from the EU Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/2111 to support SEESAC disarmament and arms control activities in South-East Europe, reducing the threat of illicit small arms and light weapons their ammunition.
 

 

*References to Kosovo shall be understood in the context of the Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
 

1Data retrieved on 7.10.2021. Given that news articles may be published after the incidents occurred or that recorded incidents can be updated with new pieces of information, the given statistics may slightly differ in the future.

 

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