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Students, citizens and riot police clashed outside the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad late on August 27, in the latest flare-up of demonstrations that have shaken Serbia’s second-largest city for months.
Protests, ongoing for nine months and largely peaceful until mid-August, have turned violent in recent weeks, with confrontations between pro- and anti-government groups and the police.
The latest unrest began after students demanded entry to the faculty, which the dean, Milivoj Alanovic, had locked earlier this week after evicting demonstrators who had camped inside for months.
Police used pepper spray and pyrotechnics to disperse the crowd, injuring students and citizens, according to N1. One person reportedly lost hearing after being struck by a police-fired device.
The interior ministry said protesters had attempted to force their way into the faculty, and that police officers had been attacked in the process.
Alanovic defended the decision to bar students from the building, saying entrance exams for the new academic year needed to proceed, as reported by Serbian media outlets. On August 26, he and several professors expelled the group occupying the faculty and changed the locks.
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