Riot police separate rival crowds in Belgrade | JQJO

Hundreds of riot police in central Belgrade on Sunday kept shouting crowds apart as opponents and loyalists of President Aleksandar Vucic faced off after a year of anti-government protests. Several thousand people hurled bottles, flares and stun grenades across police lines. The unrest followed a huge Novi Sad rally marking one year since a station disaster that killed 16 and sparked a youth-led push for political change. Protesters rallied behind Dijana Hrka, who began a hunger strike, and demanded early elections. Police and Vucic blamed attacks on a loyalist camp; protesters said incidents began inside it.