As the government imposed a weekend-long curfew in Serbia in a bid to control the growing number of coronavirus cases in their country, angered citizens took to the streets in Belgrade on Tuesday evening to protest the decision, The Guardian reported.
Per the article, thousands of people thronged the parliament building in the capital city, chanting anti-government slogans against the strict lockdown, which Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Tuesday.
The protest was initially peaceful before a group of people tried entering the parliament building. As a result, the police intervened and started using force and tear gas to disperse the crowd — a move that turned the protest into a violent encounter between the law enforcement agencies and the people.
According to a police spokesperson, protesters threw rocks, bottles, and other objects at officers deployed at the site and also set several vehicles ablaze. Some 17 protesters and 43 police personnel were injured during the protest, while about 23 people were taken into custody, the report detailed.
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