Political Protests in Serbia Turn Violent With City Riots

Months of anti-government rallies in Serbia erupted into violence again as supporters of President Aleksandar Vucic clashed with his opponents in three of the Balkan country’s biggest cities.

The rival groups hurled flares, rocks, firecrackers and bottles at each other in the capital of Belgrade, the northern city of Novi Sad and in Nis as police struggled to keep them apart. Nine months of persistent anti-government rallies have become the most significant challenge to more than a decade of Vucic’s rule, with pressure mounting on him to call snap elections.