Riots in several cities, scores injured

The night in Belgrade and Novi Sad was dramatic after yesterday's unilateral secession decision in Kosovo.

Izvor: B92

Monday, 18.02.2008.

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The night in Belgrade and Novi Sad was dramatic after yesterday's unilateral secession decision in Kosovo. Several hundred people, described as mostly "football hooligans", rioted for more than six hours in the capital, attacking several embassies and foreign companies' offices. Riots in several cities, scores injured Their anger was mostly directed at the United States and the EU rotating chair, Slovenia, embassies. MUP officers were out in force, both riot police and Gendarmerie, setting up cordons as the protestors moved from one part of the city to another, wreaking havoc in their way, demolishing cars, traffic signs and turning over garbage dumpsters blocking traffic. The demonstrators also attacked police, which charged back at them, at one point using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. When the day dawned and the rioters were finally off the streets, the doctors at the emergency center in Belgrade said that their hospital treated a total of 47 policemen and civilians, one of them with serious head injuries. Journalists who reported from the streets, including a B92 television crew, but also those from Studio B, RTS, and FoNet news agency, also came under attack. The Liberal-Democrats (LDP) headquarters were also targeted, when windows were broken, but with no injuries reported. The demonstrations in Novi Sad were also violent, but no one was wounded. A window was broken in a Subotica McDonald's restaurant in northern Vojvodina. Minor trouble was reported in some other Vojvodina towns. Elsewhere protests were organized but with no violence. Police block streets in Belgrade last night (FoNet)

Riots in several cities, scores injured

Their anger was mostly directed at the United States and the EU rotating chair, Slovenia, embassies.

MUP officers were out in force, both riot police and Gendarmerie, setting up cordons as the protestors moved from one part of the city to another, wreaking havoc in their way, demolishing cars, traffic signs and turning over garbage dumpsters blocking traffic.

The demonstrators also attacked police, which charged back at them, at one point using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.

When the day dawned and the rioters were finally off the streets, the doctors at the emergency center in Belgrade said that their hospital treated a total of 47 policemen and civilians, one of them with serious head injuries.

Journalists who reported from the streets, including a B92 television crew, but also those from Studio B, RTS, and FoNet news agency, also came under attack.

The Liberal-Democrats (LDP) headquarters were also targeted, when windows were broken, but with no injuries reported.

The demonstrations in Novi Sad were also violent, but no one was wounded. A window was broken in a Subotica McDonald's restaurant in northern Vojvodina. Minor trouble was reported in some other Vojvodina towns. Elsewhere protests were organized but with no violence.

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