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Violent Scenes for Second Night Outside Serbian Parliament

There was a second night of violent protest in Belgrade, Serbia, on July 8, a day after the parliament was stormed as new coronavirus restrictions were announced.

Video from July 8 shows riot police guarding the parliament building in Belgrade as they are pelted with objects, including flares.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that police “used tear gas to disperse the protest, which lasted well after nightfall on July 8 outside the parliament building.”

The demonstrations erupted after President Aleksandar Vucic announced new mandatory distancing steps and his intention to impose a weekend curfew.

Vucic said that he and other officials were considering scrapping the curfew, and said a final decision on the lockdown was expected on July 9. Credit: RFE/RL via Storyful