US EditionSerbian police use teargas to disperse anti-government protesters
Protests sparked by a deadly station collapse continue for 10 months with over 40 detained and 13 police injured amid demands for government accountability and early elections.
- Forty-Two people were detained at an anti-government protest in Novi Sad, where police used tear gas to disperse the crowd, according to Interior Minister Ivica Dacic.
- Protesters, primarily university students, are demanding early elections following the collapse of a train station roof that killed 16 people last November.
- President Aleksandar Vucic accused the protesters of trying to destabilize Serbia, claiming the demonstrations are part of a foreign plot.
- The protests, led mainly by university students, resulted in clashes with police, with reports of injuries on both sides, highlighting ongoing tensions in Serbia's political landscape.
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For more than ten months, the protests against Serbia's President Vucic have not been cracking down. The violent intervention of the police only fires them.
Since the murderous collapse of the Novi Sad train station in November 2024, protesters have been accusing the government of corruption and demanding early elections, which Aleksandar Vuvic, president re-elected in 2022 for five years, refuses.
Protesters attack police in Novi Sad, with 13 officers injured and 42 arrested, in protests funded from the West and categorized as "color revolution."
Dozens detained at Serbia anti-government rally: Minister
Several thousand people rallied in Novi Sad late Friday seeking early elections in the latest in a series of student-led protests across Serbia sparked by the fatal collapse of the northern city's train station roof last November
This mobilization is part of a protest movement across the country since the deadly collapse of the concrete awning at Novi Sad station last November.
Serbia: Police and protestors spar in anti-govt protests, over 40 people detained
Thirteen police officers were injured in a "massive and brutal attack" by the protesters and 42 people were detained, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic told state-run RTS television on Saturday
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