Police detained several sympathizers of Nazi collaborator Milan Nedić, president of the collaborationist "Government of People's Salvation" during the occupation of Serbia in World War II, in downtown Belgrade tonight, who had gathered in Belgrade tonight to mark the anniversary of his suicide in 1946 after being captured to stand trial as a war criminal.
Right-wingers with batons and belts bypassed the police and tried to approach another, opposing gathering of anti-fascists and fight them, but the police prevented them and detained them.
In front of the former OZNA prison where Nedić committed suicide exactly 80 years ago, on this day in 1946, anti-fascists first gathered - at the invitation of the assemblies and plenums of the three faculties, since last month right-wingers announced their commemorative rally there, the ban of which was requested by the authorities.
The protest, organized by the citizens' assembly of the central Belgrade municipality of Stari Grad, and supported by informal anti-fascist associations, was called by several other citizens' assemblies, as well as the plenums of the Philology, Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Faculties. They chanted "Nedić, fascist!", "Fascism will not pass!" and "Death to fascism, freedom to the people!".
An hour later, around 20 p.m., at the invitation of the ultra-right groups "Zentropa", "Serbian Action" and "Club 451", a group of men, mostly wearing black hoods and masks over their faces, attempted to approach the building and pay homage to this collaborator of the occupiers.
A large number of police officers formed two cordons, preventing the two groups, who were exchanging insults and playing songs, from approaching each other.
Despite the fact that the police were also in the neighboring streets, at around 22 pm a group of Nedić's sympathizers tried to make their way to the place where the anti-fascists were. They had belts and telescopic batons in their hands, and according to unconfirmed information, five of them were detained.
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