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Chaos exploded in the Parliament of Serbia on Tuesday with opposition legislators triggering smoke grenades and tear gas to protest against the government and support students demonstrating students.
At least three legislators were injured, one in a critical condition after suffering a stroke, further feeding political tensions in the coast. Balkan countrywhich is located at the southeast of southeast and central Europe.
The video images of the Assembly showed a first clash between legislators and flares and smoke pumps that are being thrown. Serbian media said eggs and water bottles were also thrown. Hundreds of opposition supporters recovered outside the Parliament building during the session.
Serbian opposition legislators let smoke grenades within the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade, on March 4, 2025. (Pool of the Serbian Parliament / Videoplus / Brochure through Reuters)
Serbia shaken by anti -corruption protests after construction tragedy
The ugly scenes come from a fatal collapse of a canopy in a railway station in November. The incident caused mass protests when protesters demanded justice and responsibility for tragedy.
Many in Serbia believe the Fatal canopy collapse It was the result of careless work and contempt for security regulations due to government corruption. The canopy at the railway station collapsed after renovations led by two Chinese companies.
The protests led to the resignation of Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic in January. The resignation of the Prime Minister made him the best official of the regime to resign, but has not suffocated the lifting and the mass protests have continued in Belgrade and throughout the country.
Parliament must still confirm the resignation of the prime minister to arise effect.
In Tuesday’s legislative session, legislators were scheduled to vote on a law that would increase the financing of university education, a key demand for protesters.
Chaos exploded in the Parliament of Serbia on Tuesday with opposition legislators triggering smoke grenades and tear gas to protest against the government and support students demonstrating students. (Pool of the Serbian Parliament / Videoplus / Brochure through Reuters)
But opposition parties said the ruling majority also planned to approve dozens of other decisions. They said that this was illegal and that legislators should first confirm the resignation of Vucevic and his government.
After the ruling coalition led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) approved the agenda, some opposition politicians left their seats to the parliamentary speaker and stuck with security guards.
Others threw smoke grenades and tear gas, with black and pink smoke that rose within the Parliament, which has also been witnessing fights and the launch of water in the decades after the introduction of multiple democracy in 1990.
As the session continued, the ruling politicians of the coalition debated while opposition legislators whistled and exploited horns.
The opposition deputies also contained posters that said “general strike” and “justice for those killed”, while outside the building protesters remained silent to honor 15 people killed by a Railway roof collapse.
The speaker of Parliament, Ana Brnabic, accused the opposition of being a “terrorist gang.” The ruling coalition says that Western intelligence agencies are trying to destabilize Serbia and overthrow the government supporting protests.
Students walk along the road to the northern city of Novi Sad on January 30 to protest the deaths of 15 people killed in the collapse of November of a canopy of the train station, near the suburb of Batajnica, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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The Government has tried to evade scrutiny minimizing government guilt in the collapse at the station. At first, the Government tried to ignore the protests, then began to use the force and accused the protests of being infiltrated by foreign agitators.
Some observers complained that the Vúcico government Not acting and providing clear responses to the public is endemic to the central institutional corruption of Serbia.
Meanwhile, protests leaders asked for a great meeting in the Belgrade capital on March 15.
Chris Massaro, Reuters and The Associated Press of Fox News contributed to this report.