Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic condemned the attack on police by protesters in Belgrade and promised to detain all those involved in the unrest on Saturday, the Interior Ministry’s press service reported.
Protesting students and opposition supporters had earlier thrown firecrackers and various objects at the police cordon near the park in front of the presidential administration; heavily equipped police used tear gas, batons and pushed the crowd down Knez Milos Street, where they set up a cordon.
“I condemn in the strongest possible terms the brutal attacks on police officers by participants in the uncoordinated rally on Slavija Square. The police will take all measures to restore peace and order, repel all attacks and use all powers to ensure that all those who attacked the police are detained,” the Interior Ministry’s press service quoted Dacic as saying.
The Serbian Interior Ministry reported on Saturday that a protest in Belgrade demanding early parliamentary elections had attracted 36,000 participants.
The ultimatum that protesters issued to the authorities on June 25, demanding that they set a date for early parliamentary elections and remove the tent city of the president’s supporters in front of the Assembly, expired at 9 p.m.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday that he expected violence from demonstrators at a protest around 9 p.m. in Belgrade demanding early elections to the Assembly.
Serbian Assembly (Parliament) Speaker Ana Brnabic said on June 19 that demonstrators were planning to blockade infrastructure and government agencies and cause 800 million euros in damage to the country at the protest scheduled for Vidovdan on June 28 and in the following days.
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