Croat police use tear gas against protesters

A protest organized by an association of veterans of Croatia's war in the early 1990s turned into street violence in Zagreb today.

Izvor: Beta

Saturday, 26.02.2011.

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A protest organized by an association of veterans of Croatia's war in the early 1990s turned into street violence in Zagreb today. The rally of some 10,000 people, who carried WW2 puppet Nazi Croatian Ustasha regime flags and insignia went peacefully, but trouble ensued when several hundred protesters headed for Marko's Square, where gathering was prohibited. Croat police use tear gas against protesters There police and demonstrators clashed, with dozens injured, including reporters. The demonstrators first attacked police cordons with bricks, bottles and flares, while police responded by beating them and throwing tear gas. Zagreb is seeing a large number of police officers in the streets, with police helicopters flying over. The rally itself went without incidents, with Ustasha iconography and offensive messages aimed against Croatia's current government, and against Serbs. Controversial singer Marko Perkovic aka Thompson performed at the gathering, and in between songs he told his audience that "we must not allow for us defenders to be divided by politicians and we must never again allow for Croatia to be ruled without Croat defenders." Stjepan Mackovic addressed the rally to say that they "did not fight in order to have Serbs run their country", while Petar Janjic, aka Tromblon - who was recently question on suspicion that he committed war crimes - said he resented the fact that "Croatia allowed for him to be questioned in court". The protest in Zagreb today was organized by an organization known as "the Association of Croatian Defenders 1991-1996". (Beta)

Croat police use tear gas against protesters

There police and demonstrators clashed, with dozens injured, including reporters.

The demonstrators first attacked police cordons with bricks, bottles and flares, while police responded by beating them and throwing tear gas.

Zagreb is seeing a large number of police officers in the streets, with police helicopters flying over.

The rally itself went without incidents, with Ustasha iconography and offensive messages aimed against Croatia's current government, and against Serbs.

Controversial singer Marko Perković aka Thompson performed at the gathering, and in between songs he told his audience that "we must not allow for us defenders to be divided by politicians and we must never again allow for Croatia to be ruled without Croat defenders."

Stjepan Mačković addressed the rally to say that they "did not fight in order to have Serbs run their country", while Petar Janjić, aka Tromblon - who was recently question on suspicion that he committed war crimes - said he resented the fact that "Croatia allowed for him to be questioned in court".

The protest in Zagreb today was organized by an organization known as "the Association of Croatian Defenders 1991-1996".

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