Dealer Says Gun Linked to Paris Attack Came Via US
'Zastava cannot be blamed for where it went afterward'
A Zastava Arms M91 pistol linked to the Paris attacks passed through the United States, a Serbian gun factory said.
In this June 28, 2011, file photo, a visitor looks at rifles made by the Serbian company Zastava Arms, during a defense fair, in Belgrade, Serbia. The head of a Serbian arms factory, Milojko Brzakovic, director of the Zastava factory, says several weapons used by Islamic militants during the Paris attacks have been identified as produced by his company in the early 1990s. AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File
BELGRADE, Serbia — One of the guns linked to Islamic militants in the Paris attacks that killed 130 people was exported to the United States in 2013, the head of a Serbian arms factory said Thursday.
Milojko Brzakovic of the Zastava arms factory told The Associated Press that the M92 semi-automatic pistol’s serial number matched one his company delivered to an American online arms dealer in May 2013. It was not clear how the gun got back to Europe.
The Zastava M92 Photo: Srđan Popović / Creative Commons
