Tens of thousands of people flooded into Belgrade's central Slavija Square on Saturday in one of Serbia's largest anti-government demonstrations in months, demanding early elections and an end to corruption under President Aleksandar Vucic. Independent observers estimated the crowd at more than 100,000 people. The rally, organised under the banner
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Independent crowd-monitoring organisation Arhiv javnih skupova (AJS), made up of journalists and counting specialists, estimated Saturday's turnout at between 180,000 and 190,000 people — well above earlier independent estimates — making it the second-largest demonstration in Serbia since the fall of President Slobodan Milosevic in 2000. By contrast, police director Dragan Vasiljevic put the figure at just 34,300. After the rally dispersed, clashes broke out in central Belgrade as masked men threw stones, bottles and firecrackers at officers, who responded with tear gas; authorities said more than twenty people were arrested.
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