{"id":184751,"date":"2025-08-14T15:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=184751"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:26:19","slug":"students-release-statement-police-defend-regime-loyalists-who-attack-citizens-and-the-government-wants-to-cause-a-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/students-release-statement-police-defend-regime-loyalists-who-attack-citizens-and-the-government-wants-to-cause-a-civil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"STUDENTS RELEASE STATEMENT: &#8220;Police Defend Regime Loyalists Who Attack Citizens, and the Government Wants to Cause a Civil War&#8221;!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Students who are part of the ongoing protests have released a statement on social media following last night&#8217;s demonstrations across Serbia, claiming that the government intended to provoke a civil war through the clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The regime decided who was to blame long ago\u2014the students and citizens are to blame. The state leadership is no longer hiding behind phrases about dialogue; the president has announced a &#8216;cleansing.&#8217; The police once again protected regime loyalists who threw rocks and launched pyrotechnics at demonstrators. They even confronted the people with a pistol,&#8221; the students wrote in an Instagram post, as reported by Nova.rs. They added that they &#8220;will not allow them to continue destroying human lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QCxrOms6it\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/on-je-potegao-pistolj-na-gradjane-dacic-otkrio-ime-lica-sa-oruzjem-ispred-prostorija-sns-i-sta-je-radio-tamo\/\">ON JE POTEGAO PI\u0160TOLJ NA GRA\u0110ANE: Da\u010di\u0107 otkrio ime lica sa oru\u017ejem ispred prostorija SNS i \u0161ta je radio tamo!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#132;ON JE POTEGAO PI\u0160TOLJ NA GRA\u0110ANE: Da\u010di\u0107 otkrio ime lica sa oru\u017ejem ispred prostorija SNS i \u0161ta je radio tamo!&#147; &#8212; Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/on-je-potegao-pistolj-na-gradjane-dacic-otkrio-ime-lica-sa-oruzjem-ispred-prostorija-sns-i-sta-je-radio-tamo\/embed\/#?secret=DlXvPuJFfu#?secret=QCxrOms6it\" data-secret=\"QCxrOms6it\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protests and Clashes Across Serbia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Protests were held throughout Serbia last night in response to the incidents and police actions at rallies the day before in Vrbas and Ba\u010dka Palanka. In most cities, SNS supporters gathered in front of their party&#8217;s offices before the protesting citizens arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SNS members also attacked citizens with pyrotechnics last night during a protest in Novi Sad, which led to clashes. An unidentified man drew a pistol in front of the SNS offices in that city. Belgrade residents attempted to reach &#8220;\u0106aciland,&#8221; but the police prevented them, so they blocked Slavija Square and the surrounding streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE: <\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CuXbX1jpjL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/vucic-izbori-ce-biti-pre-roka-necu-menjati-ustav-da-bih-se-ponovo-kandidovao\/\">VU\u010cI\u0106: Izbori \u0107e biti pre roka, ne\u0107u menjati Ustav da bih se ponovo kandidovao!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#132;VU\u010cI\u0106: Izbori \u0107e biti pre roka, ne\u0107u menjati Ustav da bih se ponovo kandidovao!&#147; &#8212; Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/vucic-izbori-ce-biti-pre-roka-necu-menjati-ustav-da-bih-se-ponovo-kandidovao\/embed\/#?secret=NSHfRz7Muq#?secret=CuXbX1jpjL\" data-secret=\"CuXbX1jpjL\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested citizens near the Faculty of Law, and scenes of police brutality against citizens were recorded on the streets of the capital. There was also a confrontation between the Gendarmerie and protesters in Ni\u0161.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In cities across Serbia, demonstrators protested in front of SNS headquarters, which were guarded by police, and in several locations, protesters managed to break through the cordons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#be3939\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE:<\/mark><\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/spanish-authorities-show-no-mercy-djokovic-must-demolish-part-of-his-villa-and-pay-a-10000-fine-heres-what-he-did-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>SPANISH AUTHORITIES SHOW NO MERCY: Djokovic Must Demolish Part of His Villa and Pay a \u20ac10,000 Fine. Here\u2019s What He Did Wrong!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/conflict-in-novi-pazar-police-intervene-at-blockade-in-front-of-court-two-students-lightly-injured-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CONFLICT IN NOVI PAZAR: Police Intervene at Blockade in Front of Court, Two Students Lightly Injured! (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/theres-work-for-those-who-want-it-domestic-workers-wont-work-at-fiat-for-70000-dinars-so-800-workers-are-coming-from-morocco-and-nepal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>THERE\u2019S WORK FOR THOSE WHO WANT IT: Domestic Workers Won\u2019t Work at Fiat for 70,000 Dinars, So 800 Workers are Coming from Morocco and Nepal!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/rod-blagojevich-bidens-sanctions-against-milorad-dodik-should-be-reversed\/\"><strong>ROD BLAGOJEVICH: Biden\u2019s Sanctions Against Milorad Dodik Should Be Reversed!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurir.rs\/vesti\/drustvo\/3747843\/danas-je-prvi-dan-gospojinskog-posta-za-dobro-zdravlje-i-srecu-u-kuvano-jelo-obavezno-dodajte-ovaj-zacin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kurir<\/a>,&nbsp;<strong>Foto<\/strong>: Wikimedia Creative Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students who are part of the ongoing protests have released a statement on social media following last night&#8217;s demonstrations across Serbia, claiming that the government intended to provoke a civil war through the clashes. &#8220;The regime decided who was to blame long ago\u2014the students and citizens are to blame. 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