Belgrade (Serbia)
It has been a long time since Serbia has experienced such a mobilization. On Friday 19 May, a new human tide poured into the centre of Belgrade for the third time in a fortnight to denounce the violence that is poisoning Serbian society.
The vase broke on May 3, when a 13-year-old boy killed nine students and a guard at his French-speaking school in central Belgrade. Less than 48 hours later, a 21-year-old shot eight people in villages near Mladenovac, on the southern outskirts of the capital.
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For many, the energy released by this powerful movement is reminiscent of that which preceded October 5, 2000, when citizens took to the streets en masse to bring down the authoritarian and nationalist regime of Slobodan Milosevic. "I felt the need to come for my children and because I want to live in a non-violent Serbia," said Zdravko Jankovic, 48, in front of Parliament...
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