In Serbia, on Wednesday evening during the protests, the struggles between the opponents and the supporters of the government again occurred. President Aleksandar Vučič announced that only in the city of Nový Sad during the clashes in the premises of his ruling Serbian progressive party (CIS) 64 civilians and five military cops suffered injuries.
- In Serbia, protests broke out between opponents and government supporters.
- The riots have been escalating for nine months because of the tragedy in Novi Sad.
- Civilians and military police were injured during the incidents.
- President Vučič demonstrators described as a threat to stability.
- The protesters demand early elections and the dismissal of the Minister of the Interior.
The second evening of the struggle behind the AP agency described as a great escalation of the situation, which is marked by more than nine months of continuous protests against Vučič’s government. They broke out in November last year in response to the collapse of the superstructure above the entrance to the railway station in Novi Sad, which claimed 16 dead.
A large part of the Serbs are convinced that Corruption, laxity of officials and insufficient supervision on the construction contributed to the tragedy. The accident happened only a few months after the reconstruction of the station.
Vučič according to Tanjug agency described demonstrators as “gangsters and murderers” And he said that Belgrade and New Sad will now be “cleaned” of them. In his words, this step is to prevent the “civil war”.
The collisions of the protestors with the police and the government supporters have occurred in many large and small cities of Serbia. In Novi Sad according to Reuters Throwing the supporters of the CIS Svetlice and the firecrackers after anti -government demonstrators, forced the police to intervene.
Wednesday’s demonstrations, most of which were held in front of the local settlements of the Vučič CIS, was organized in response to incidents from Tuesday evening in Vrbas. The protesters then claimed that they were attacked by government supporters – first in Vrbas and subsequently in the cities of Bačka Palanka, Nový Sad and Nis. In Belgrade, the police swept the demonstrators who gathered in the city center.
Since November last year, hundreds of thousands of protests shook the government of President Vučič, whose Supporters have recently started to organize anti -Imonian, which raises concerns about violent clashes.
Anti -government demonstrators ask for Vučič declared early parliamentary elections, but he refuses. Protesting students also demand the dismissal of Interior Minister Ivica Dačič in connection with recent violence during demonstrations.
