Serbia, new clashes in Belgrade, at least 19 arrests

2020-07-11T00:57:00.715Z

New night of Belgrade clashes in Serbia. The police took control of the situation only after several hours, pushing the demonstrators back from the esplanade in front of the parliament and 'clearing' the adjacent streets. The dense throwing of objects of all kinds - stones, firecrackers bottles - the police put away with charges, batons and tear gas. The media speak of at least 19 arrests, including a Tunisian citizen. In the incidents of the past few days two other foreigners had been arrested, one of whom was an Israeli. In the clashes last night, several journalists, photojournalists and cameramen were injured, some affected by the most violent demonstrators, others involved despite themselves in the clashes. Two journalists were taken to hospital with injuries and fractures. The media reports of one of the violent demonstrators filmed by a video camera placed on the parliament building while giving the Nazi salute. Serbian President Aleksandar vucic strongly condemned the new clashes. Vucic said that they are "largely frustrated people, tied to tycoons and politicians without any program, unable to obtain credit in the population. People who endanger their own health and that of thousands of other people by staging similar street demonstrations in the midst of a new epidemic wave ".