Belgrade, Serbia (AP) – Angry protesters clashed with police in western Serbia’s town and the capital Belgrade on Saturday, causing tensions in the Balkan state to rise even further. A violent demonstration.
Wear a scarf over your face and chant the slogan President Aleksandar Vucic, A group of young men threw flares into Serbian progressive party office in Valjevo, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the capital city of Belgrade. They set fire to the party’s offices before clashing with riot police in the downtown area.
Police charged at demonstrators who threw multiple rounds of tear gas and threw bottles, rocks and flares.
A similar clash occurred in Belgrade on Saturday evening, with police fighting protesters who burned garbage containers while commanding tear gas.
Valjevo protesters went to the streets to protest what they allegedly were police brutality.
There were no immediate reports of the number of injured people in Valjevo or Belgrade.
Serbia has been sought for protests since November The station canopy collapses He killed 16 people. Many have condemned the tragedy of poor renovation work resulting from the widespread corruption of infrastructure projects.
The student-led protests have been pretty peaceful for several months, but this week has become violent. The situation has put pressure on Serbia’s increasingly dictatorial president Vic, rejecting the protesters’ demands to call for parliamentary elections.
Vucic blamed it Protesters from overseas for the next order It “destroys Serbia” and promised to crack down on a national movement led by university students.
The protest in Bargebo attracted thousands of people in social media after a young man from town was shown the town’s young man who was badly beaten by police who kicked him and hit him with a baton during the protest earlier this week.
The rally was peaceful until a group of protesters threw flares into social media offices.
The incident marks the second attack on social media party office this week after protesters destroyed party headquarters in Novi Sad on Wednesday.
Clashes between loyalists from one social media party and police and anti-government protesters on the other side have erupted every night ever since. Dozens of people have been injured and scores are in custody.
Alain Berset, executive director of the Council of Europe, calls for “the calm and respect for the right to a peaceful assembly.”
“The Serbian authorities must support the European Council of Standards,” he said this week in X.
Serbian police denied Report of atrocitiesthey say they are being attacked and dozens of officers have been injured in the riot.
Serbia is officially hoping to join the EU, but Vucic maintains strong ties with Russia and China. Serbian president faces accusations Suffocate democratic freedom While ensuring that organized crime and corruption flourishes. He denied this.
