US EditionTensions soar in Serbia as angry protesters clash with police, set fire to party offices
Protests against President Vucic's government over police brutality and corruption turned violent, with thousands involved and multiple attacks on party offices in Serbia, officials said.
- Angry protesters clashed with police and set fire to ruling party offices in Serbia amid widespread allegations of violence and police brutality.
- Russia pledged to shore up pro-Moscow President Aleksandar Vučić, who leads the ruling party, amid the anti-government protests initially triggered by a railway station collapse.
- The almost daily protests since November have drawn hundreds of thousands demanding early elections and an end to Vučić's 12-year reign over entrenched corruption allegations.
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The protests in Serbia have been violent for four days. The anger about President Vucic is boiling. In Valjevo, party offices are set on fire, public buildings are being attacked.
More violence accompanied protests against the government of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on Sunday night. In the city of Valjevo, a masked group set fire to the empty offices of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), and the windows of an office of one of the smaller coalition parties were also broken. Police responded with stun grenades and tear gas, while bottles and stones flew from the opposite side.
Antigovernment protesters clash with police in several Serbian cities
Protesters have clashed with riot police in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, and other cities, on the fifth consecutive night of demonstrations against the government of right-wing President Aleksandar Vucic. Clashes also broke out in Belgrade late on Saturday after police stopped demonstrators heading for the governing Serbian Progressive Party’s (SNS) headquarters. Late on Saturday, thousands gathered in the central city of Valjevo to show their gr…
New anti-government demonstrations took place in several Serbian cities on Saturday evening.
Clashes between demonstrators and the police in Serbia broke out on Saturday for the fifth night in a row, after months of protests against corruption in that country, reports Agence France-Presse, stating that the situation escalated this week when groups of government supporters, often masked, attacked demonstrators. Yesterday, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Valjevo, a city in central Serbia.
Once again, violence is taking place in Serbia in protests against President Vucic's government. He is accused of corruption in the area.
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