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Tens of thousands in Serbia protest against mass shootings

2023-05-29 10:30:35       source:CGTN

May 28, 2023


Tens of thousands in Belgrade attended an anti-government protest on Saturday over two mass shootings that killed 18 people.


On May 3, a teenage boy killed nine pupils and a security guard in Belgrade in the first school mass shooting in Serbia, and a day later a 21-year-old man killed eight outside the city.


Opposition parties, which organized the rally, have blamed the government led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) for failing to act against criminal elements in society. It was the fourth such protest in as many weeks, with demonstrators turning up in similar numbers to the previous three rallies despite bad weather.


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