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Tens of thousands gather in Belgrade protest over mass shootings

Posted on May 19, 2023May 21, 2023 By CorruptionLedger No Comments on Tens of thousands gather in Belgrade protest over mass shootings

Tens of thousands marched through Belgrade on Friday in an anti-government protest following two mass shootings that killed 18 people, blaming the deaths on a culture of violence that critics say authorities have allowed to fester unchecked.

On May 3 a teenage boy killed nine pupils and a security guard in the first school mass shooting in Serbia, and a day later a 21-year-old man killed eight outside Belgrade.

Opposition parties, which organized the demonstration, say the government led by President Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) has failed to rein in media that have promoted violence and to act against criminal elements in society.

Recent Serbian reality TV shows have featured convicted criminals including murderers and shown men beating up women.

Protesters called on Vucic, Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic and the head of Serbia’s security agency to resign.

“I came here to protest against living in this country the way it is now, against violence which is visible everywhere in public speech, in media, against this evil we are living in and against the way this country is being led,” said a university professor who gave her name as Vera.

“This number of people makes me optimistic.”

Reuters estimated the protest, the third of its kind this month, drew a crowd in the tens of thousands.

The government denies the opposition parties’ allegations and accuses them of organizing the protests for political gain.

Gasic on Friday admitted in parliament that several criminal complaints had been filed against the 21-year-old shooter but were never processed.

In a counter-rally in Pancevo, a town outside Belgrade, Vucic accused the opposition of trying to use the mass shootings for self promotion. “Serbia is fed up with your revolutions,” he said .

                                            <span class="small-caps text-small text-serif">© Thomson Reuters 2023.</span>

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