Slovenia: Three arrested "for organizing riots"

The Slovenian police have arrested three people on suspicion that they organized riots during the protests in Ljubljana on Friday.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 03.12.2012.

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LJUBLJANA The Slovenian police have arrested three people on suspicion that they organized riots during the protests in Ljubljana on Friday. All of them have previous criminal records, according to reports. Slovenia: Three arrested "for organizing riots" STA news agency reported that the police said they would "do everything to prove their criminal offenses and bring them to justice". The statement added that the suspects, who were arrested on Sunday, would be brought before an investigative judge within 48 hours. Head of the Ljubljana Police Stanislav Veniger revealed that the violence during the protests was organized by several dozen people, "who were joined by hundreds of hooligans", adding that the police investigation was still ongoing. The demonstrations in Ljubljana on Friday gathered some 10,000 people, who protested against Slovenian elites and expressed their discontent with the social and economic situation in the country. But the peaceful protest turned violent, with the unrest lasting late into the night. Dozens were injured, including 11 policemen, while more than 30 protesters were detained, and then released on Saturday. For the first time in Slovenia's two-decade history as a state, its police on Friday used water cannons to disperse rioters. New protests were announced for Monday in the towns of Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Ptuj and Ravne na Koroskem. The protest in Ljubljana (Beta/AP) Tanjug

Slovenia: Three arrested "for organizing riots"

STA news agency reported that the police said they would "do everything to prove their criminal offenses and bring them to justice".

The statement added that the suspects, who were arrested on Sunday, would be brought before an investigative judge within 48 hours.

Head of the Ljubljana Police Stanislav Veniger revealed that the violence during the protests was organized by several dozen people, "who were joined by hundreds of hooligans", adding that the police investigation was still ongoing.

The demonstrations in Ljubljana on Friday gathered some 10,000 people, who protested against Slovenian elites and expressed their discontent with the social and economic situation in the country. But the peaceful protest turned violent, with the unrest lasting late into the night.

Dozens were injured, including 11 policemen, while more than 30 protesters were detained, and then released on Saturday.

For the first time in Slovenia's two-decade history as a state, its police on Friday used water cannons to disperse rioters. New protests were announced for Monday in the towns of Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Ptuj and Ravne na Koroškem.

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