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| Lottery plan for Bosnian weapons | Lottery plan for Bosnian weapons |
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| A new month-long initiative to encourage Bosnians to hand in illegal weapons comes in to force on Sunday. | A new month-long initiative to encourage Bosnians to hand in illegal weapons comes in to force on Sunday. |
| Those handing over their small arms will be entered into a lottery, with prizes including motor scooters and kitchen appliances. | Those handing over their small arms will be entered into a lottery, with prizes including motor scooters and kitchen appliances. |
| Bosnia-Hercegovina is still awash with weapons left over from the Bosnian War of the early 1990s. | Bosnia-Hercegovina is still awash with weapons left over from the Bosnian War of the early 1990s. |
| Crime and gangland violence is often fuelled by shootings or hand-grenade attacks. | |
| Phone bill | Phone bill |
| The UN Development Programme says hundreds of thousands of illegal weapons are still in the country. | The UN Development Programme says hundreds of thousands of illegal weapons are still in the country. |
| Despite this illegality, it is still possible to find machine guns such as AK47s openly advertised for sale in newspapers. | Despite this illegality, it is still possible to find machine guns such as AK47s openly advertised for sale in newspapers. |
| News bulletins also throw up more unusual uses for arsenals left over from wartime. | News bulletins also throw up more unusual uses for arsenals left over from wartime. |
| In October, a mosque near the city of Mostar was attacked by a man using an old rocket-propelled-grenade launcher. | In October, a mosque near the city of Mostar was attacked by a man using an old rocket-propelled-grenade launcher. |
| And there was also a recent story involving a teenager who threatened her father with a hand grenade in an argument over paying for a mobile phone bill. | And there was also a recent story involving a teenager who threatened her father with a hand grenade in an argument over paying for a mobile phone bill. |
| The father expressed surprise that his daughter had managed to get hold of a grenade from her friends, rather than simply use one of his own collection. | The father expressed surprise that his daughter had managed to get hold of a grenade from her friends, rather than simply use one of his own collection. |