"One in five million" protest: Marković was strangled by an unknown person

Tonight, an unknown person attacked one of the organizers of the "One in five million" protest in Belgrade, Srđan Marković, who, according to Marković, strangled him.

Marković told the Beta agency that this is the second time that the same person has attacked him and that he filmed the organizers of the protest earlier as well as tonight, but that he does not think that he is a journalist or a police officer.

"I saw him following and filming. I approached him with the camera on to ask him who he was, and he attacked me and started strangling me," said Marković.

The participants of the protest, who then gathered around the attacker, formed a ring and did not let him leave, and the police then took him into custody.

The "One in five million" protest ended this evening in front of the Government of Serbia in Belgrade, where a large shirt covered in red representing blood was spread out, as a sign of the anniversary of the protests that began due to the attack on the former leader of the Left Party of Serbia, Borko Stefanović.

It was announced from the protest that they have been gathering continuously every Saturday for a year in the fight against violence and dictatorship, which, as they point out, is being carried out by the current government led by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.

"They thought we wouldn't even last four Saturdays, and here we are for 52 Saturdays in a row, without interruption for a year in the fight against violence and dictatorship," said one of the representatives of the "One in five million" association, Valentina Reković, on the plateau in front of the Faculty of Philosophy. where the gathering of protest participants began.

She also said that during all that time, many people appropriated the protests and that many still do today, and pointed out that the citizens on the street are the only owners of the protests, and the "only organizer" is Aleksandar Vučić.

Reković said that the current government is being followed by numerous affairs and that it is shaken.

"We no longer have a government but a mafia cartel, we don't have ministers but executors of party tasks and we don't have institutions but godfathers. We have returned one institution and we will return the others," said Reković, referring to the decision of the University of Belgrade on the doctorate of Finance Minister Siniša Malog.

Journalist Srđan Škoro said that a year ago, when the protests first started, it seemed that Vučić could not fall, but today, a year after the first protest, there are more and more affairs from which the current government can no longer defend itself and does not know how. and that they "started to fall apart".

"That's why each of you who have been on the streets for a year must be proud of what was done. You all took a risk when you appeared at the rallies and bear the responsibility that when we remove this evil government, the system changes and these children can to live normally and to get a job, not emigrate. That's why everyone is as one from Saturday to Saturday until victory," Škoro said.

At tonight's protest during the walk, the banner "United against dictatorship" was displayed at the top of the column, which was the slogan of the 2017 protests that took place after the elections for the president of Serbia.

The message that everyone as one must continue the fight against the current government was highlighted in front of the RTS building, where Dveri activists joined those gathered at the "One in five million" protest, who blocked the entrance to the RTS building for almost two hours.

Dvera's demands were read from the truck, and the leader of that party, Boško Obradović, and his activists were invited to go to the Serbian Government building together with those protesting.

The next protest was announced for next Saturday, when the anniversary of the first protest held in Belgrade will be marked.

The blockade of all three entrances to the Radio and Television of Serbia (RTS), which the members of the Dveri movement started late this afternoon, ended because the members of this movement received an invitation from the organizers of the protest "One of five million" to join them in the walk to the government of Serbia.