In early May, a teenager shot nine classmates and a security guard in Belgrade. Just one day later, a 21-year-old killed eight people. The violence is now leading to protests against President Vucic.
According to media reports, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Belgrade and three other cities against the violence in Serbia. It was the seventh straight protest after two shootings in May killed 18 people. Participants in the Belgrade rally gathered in front of Parliament in the center of the Serbian capital last night.
In two separate columns, they marched to the city freeway, where they blocked a section for two hours. Further demonstrations took place in the major cities of Novi Sad, Nis and Kragujevac.
The participants in the rallies demanded the resignation of President Aleksandar Vucic and the officials responsible for the security apparatus. They accused Vucic and the tabloid media he controlled of creating a climate of hatred and violence. Left-wing and liberal opposition parties and civil movements had called for the rally.
A 13-year-old shot nine classmates and a security guard in a Belgrade school in early May. A day later, a 21-year-old shot people in a village near Belgrade, killing eight of them. The two acts, which are not directly related, deeply shocked Serbian society.
Source: Stern
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