Serbian ruling party offices set on fire on the Fifth Night of Protest

The services of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) were set on fire during the fifth night of unrest in which they saw fresh clashes between anti -government protesters and the police for disorder.

Police in the city of Valzhevo are reported to use stunning grenades and tear gas for protesters after a small group of masked persons attacked the empty SNS facilities.

There were widespread allegations of violence and police brutality in the capital, Belgrade and Novi Sad. Serbia’s Interior Ministry denied these claims.

It comes when Russia promised to help the obsessed Promo -President Alexandar Vucic, who leads SNS, saying he would not “not react.”

Initially, protests were triggered by Railway Station crashes into new sad Last November, which killed 16 people, many blamed corruption and cutting the corner by Vucic’s government for the disaster.

While demonstrations against corruption have entered Hundreds of thousands of protestersThey were largely peaceful until the collision on Wednesday, when the loyalists of pro-government organizations organized counter-demonstrations.

On Saturday night, Riot police were again located in a number of cities, including Belgrade, as people were involved in demonstrations to require early elections.

The offices and flags representing Vucic’s party were the focus of protesters’ anger.

Protesters also broke the windows of the Serbian Radical Party headquarters, a SNS coalition partner.

Last week, protests were reported throughout the country, and unchanged video was distributed in the social media of the police, beating a man in Valzhevo.

Michael O’Flaharty, the Council of Europe Rights Commissioner, expressed concern on Friday because of the “disproportionate power of the police” in Serbia, urging authorities to “end arbitrary arrests and to de -escape the situation.”

Vucic responded to the development of Saturday on Instagram, wrote that “violence is an expression of complete weakness” and promises to “punish the thugs.”

He repeatedly rejects calls for early elections and denies demonstrations as part of a foreign conspiracy to download it.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has offered its support to the promotion, right -wing president.

A statement said “we cannot remain in response to what is happening in the Brotherly Serbia.”

The statement states that the police “use legal methods and means to master violent mafia” and that “public order, security and human life” are at risk.

The protests covered Serbia almost every day after the collapse of Novi Sad.

The tragedy has become a symbol of strengthened corruption in the Balkan nation, with the initial calls for transparent probes becoming demands for early elections and the end of Vucic’s 12-year reign.

In his peak, the protests attracted hundreds of thousands on the street.