The student movement in Serbia accused the authorities of an attempt to induce a civil war on Thursday. With this claim, the student movement came after Wednesday’s protests in several Serbian cities, where dozens of demonstrators and several cops were injured in the struggles.
According to Hina, the leaders of the student protests again called on Serbian President Aleksander Vučič to announce early parliamentary elections in Serbia, TASR writes.
Students blame the government
Student_u_blocadi (students in blockade) on Instagram platform says that the Serbian government “last night (at 14 August) tried to provoke civil war through clashes” between demonstrators and police.
“The regime has long decided who is the culprit: the guilt is students and citizens.
Police vs. demonstrators
They stressed that the police “again protected the supporters of the regime who threw stones and fired at the demonstrators” so -called. Fun pyrotechnics, and “even came out in front of people with a weapon”.
“We will not allow them to continue to destroy human lives. Together, to victory, everyone in the streets,” the students said, saying that “the wiser will not retreat, the wiser ones will organize.”
Protests all over Serbia were held on Wednesday evening in response to incidents at Tuesday’s rallies in Vrbas and Bačka Palanka in the Serbian Autonomous area of Vojvodina, where supporters of the ruling Serbian progressive party (CIS) threw into demonstrators who met in the protest in front of the local branches of the CNS, the fireworks. objects. According to protesting activists, the police did not respond to these attacks to protect the victim’s victims.
Similar incidents took place on Tuesday in the cities of Nový Sad and Nis. In the capital of Belgrade, the police swept the demonstrators who gathered in the city center.
Vučič is defending criticism
Serbian President Vučič accused demonstrators of evoking violence on Wednesday evening. According to Tanjug, Vučič described the demonstrators as “gangsters and murderers” and said that Belgrade and the new Sad will now be “cleaned” of them. In his words, this step is to prevent the “civil war”.
CIS leader and Vučičov close collaborator Miloš Vučič told Tanjug’s news agency Tanjug said, according to data from Vojvodina’s offices, 65 people were injured in the city on Wednesday evening, including seven members of the Kobra Military Police Military Police. He added that the situation in Novi Sad is calm on Thursday.
Shooting and injuries
Hina added that Djuro Jovanič, Director of the Military Security Agency (VBA), said on Thursday that in Novi Sad on Wednesday there was an attack on army members who, as a special unit, “fulfilled the role related to the protection of a person.” He did not specify who it was.
He added that during the clashes one of the members of the Kobra unit fired into the air. “If this were not the case, the lives of the army staff would be at risk and the consequences would be more serious and more serious,” Jovanic said.
Lieutenant Vladimir Brkušanin was described as a cop who shot in the air. According to his claims, a group of nearly 100 people armed with metal and wooden sticks, flash grenades, flares and stones occurred.
