Last night, there was a scuffle between riot police and Novi Sad students who had been blocking the entrances to the Novi Sad City Hall since midnight, and at one point the police officers were also hitting them with batons. There were also injured students, he reported. N1.
The media outlet states that at around 2.30:XNUMX a.m., the Gendarmerie appeared from the direction of Stražilovska Street and Mihajla Pupina Boulevard, and then deployed next to the fence located in front of the city hall building on Žarka Zrenjanina Street.
The students remained in the middle between two groups of gendarmes, who were pushing them from both sides, and one group remained at the main entrance to the building.
Another group was blocking the back entrance to the Assembly at that time. Riot police appeared from the courtyard and, according to N1, stormed the students who were blocking the courtyard entrance, then took out their batons and started beating them.
Several students were injured, including a female student. The riot police then began pushing the students towards the gendarmerie cordon. They also beat those who were still standing at the main entrance to the Assembly. The gendarmerie eventually dissuaded the riot police from using further force.
The students chanted "Go to Kosovo" on several occasions. They also tried to explain to the police that they were on the same side and that there was no need for force, they asked them to take off their masks, and the situation calmed down after some pushing and shouting, Serbian media reports.
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