Kuršumlija veterans radicalize protest

Several dozen protesting former reservists locked themselves in the Kuršumlija municipal building last night.

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Monday, 24.09.2007.

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Several dozen protesting former reservists locked themselves in the Kursumlija municipal building last night. The protesting war veterans are not letting anyone inside the building. In addition to those locked inside, there are several hundred more protesting outside, who are not allowing administrative staff to enter the municipal building. Kursumlija veterans radicalize protest Former army reservists and one of the organizers of the protest, Dejan Milosevic, said that the reservists locked in the building were in bad health, but were refusing to see doctors, adding that no emergency medical personnel would be allowed into the building either. In addition, all those participating in the protest will not be sending their children to school. There are more than 2,000 protestors demanding back-pay for service during the conflicts in Kosovo, living in Kursumlija alone. In the neighboring town of Blace, a third protest meeting of military reservists was held, attended by 500 people. Kursumlija Mayor Nebojsa Milosavljevic, who also served during the Kosovo conflict, attended the meeting and gave support to the protestors. The reservists from Kursumlija have been protesting for two weeks, demanding wages owed them for service in Kosovo in 1999. Several dozen protestors have been holding a hunger strike in the municipal building for thirteen days.

Kuršumlija veterans radicalize protest

Former army reservists and one of the organizers of the protest, Dejan Milošević, said that the reservists locked in the building were in bad health, but were refusing to see doctors, adding that no emergency medical personnel would be allowed into the building either.

In addition, all those participating in the protest will not be sending their children to school. There are more than 2,000 protestors demanding back-pay for service during the conflicts in Kosovo, living in Kuršumlija alone.

In the neighboring town of Blace, a third protest meeting of military reservists was held, attended by 500 people.

Kuršumlija Mayor Nebojša Milosavljević, who also served during the Kosovo conflict, attended the meeting and gave support to the protestors.

The reservists from Kuršumlija have been protesting for two weeks, demanding wages owed them for service in Kosovo in 1999. Several dozen protestors have been holding a hunger strike in the municipal building for thirteen days.

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