Serbia ruling party offices set on fire in fifth night of protests

After the offices of the ruling Serbian progressive party (SNS) were set on fire, new clashes exploded between the anti -government protesters in Serbia and the rebellion police in Serbia on the fifth night of unrest.

The police in Valjevo reportedly used stunning hand bombs and tear gas in protesters after attacking the empty facilities of a small group of masked SNS.

There were allegations of widespread violence and police savagery at the capital Belgrade and Novi Sad. The Ministry of Interior of the Serbia rejected these allegations.

Russia promised to go to the beach, saying that Moscow President Aleksandar Vučić “will not remain unresponsive”.

Protests were initially triggered A train station collapse in Novi Sad In November last year, the Serbs demand an early election and the end of President Aleksander Vučić’s 12 -year reign.

As the fight against corruption enters hundreds of thousands of protestersThey were largely peaceful until Wednesday, when the pro -government loyalty organized counter benches.

On Saturday night, Riot police were re -deployed in a series of cities, including Belgrade, as people participated in demonstrations to demand early elections.

The offices and flags representing Vučić’s SNS party were the focus of the anger of protesters.

The protesters also shredded the windows of the center of the Serbian Radical Party, the coalition partner of ruling SNS.

Last week, injuries were reported in the country -wide protests, and the unidentified video wandered in the social media of the police, defeating a man in Valjevo.

Michael O’Flaharty, the European Council of Human Rights Commissioner of Europe, called on Friday to concern the “disproportionate power of the police” in Serbia, and officials “to end arbitrary arrests and increase the situation”.

Vučić wrote that the developments in Instagram of Saturday were “an expression of total weakness of violence” and promised to “punish tyrants”.

He repeatedly rejected his calls for early elections and condemned the demonstrations as part of a foreign plan to overthrow him.

Russian Foreign Ministry supported the pro -Moscow right -wing president.

The Ministry said in a statement, “Brother Serbia will not remain unresponsive to those who are unresponsive,” he said.

In a statement, the police “use legal methods and tools to include severe gangs” and “public order, security and human life” is at risk, he said.

Almost daily protests have held Serbia since November after the collapse of the roof of Novi Sad Train Station, which killed 16 people.

The tragedy became the symbol of corruption in the Balkan country, and the first calls of transparent probes turned into demands for early elections.

At the summits, the protests pulled hundreds of thousands of people to the streets.