Serbia: Thousands Join Protests After Mass-Shootings

Serbs organised protests in response to two mass shootings earlier this month that killed 18 and wounded 20, many of them children from an elementary school. The protests in Belgrade and other Serbian cities are the biggest in years against Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his government.

Updated: 29 May 2023 1:21 pm

Serbia Protest | Photo: AP/Marko Drobnjakovic

People attend an opposition-led protest in Belgrade, Serbia. Sign at center reads "Whole of Serbia has risen" in Serbia Cyrillic letters.

A woman shouts as she attends a protest in front of the state-run TV headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia.

A young woman shouts as she attends a protest in front of the state-run TV headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia.

People use umbrellas to shelter from the rain as they attend an anti-government protest in Belgrade, Serbia.

Serbia Protest | Photo: AP/Darko Vojinovic

People protest in front of the state-run TV headquarters during an opposition-led protest demanding resignations of top officials and the revoking of licenses for pro-government media that air violent content and host crime figures and war criminals, in Belgrade, Serbia.

People attend an opposition-led protest demanding resignations of top officials and the revoking of licenses for pro-government media that air violent content and host crime figures and war criminals, in Belgrade, Serbia.

People protest in front of the state-run TV headquarters during an opposition-led protest demanding resignations of top officials and the revoking of licenses for pro-government media that air violent content and host crime figures and war criminals, in Belgrade, Serbia.