Serbia: Police threw stun grenades, cannon shots, pepper spray, tear gas at citizens who were standing still

Members of the Serbian police and Gendarmerie intervened tonight and pushed back protesters in front of the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education in Novi Sad, Beta reports. N1 reports that stun grenades, cannon shots, pepper spray, and tear gas were thrown at citizens who were standing still. At least one person was detained.

After the official part of the protest "Serbia, can we hear each other?" in Novi Sad ended, several thousand gathered citizens and students went to the front of the Faculty of Philosophy building where they made noise.

The dean and the police he called have been in the faculty building since last Tuesday. According to N1, at around 21.39:XNUMX p.m., an "extremely violent" police action began "which happened very quickly," with tear gas and pepper spray being thrown, and gunfire heard.

The police began pushing back the citizens with shields and waving batons, and the crowd responded by shouting "dogs".

N1 states that it appears that there was no reason at all for the intervention, as the campus was peaceful - apart from three flares, there was no pushing or shoving, nor was anything thrown at the police.