Serbian protesters keep heat on government

Serbians paraded life-size figures of leading government figures in prison jumpsuits on Saturday during a seventh week of protests since two mass
shootings triggered nationwide protests.
In the capital Belgrade, tens of thousands of demonstrators blocked a major highway and demanded that government heads roll for permitting a culture of violence they said was to blame for the killings of 18 people on May 3 and May 4.
In the first such coordinated events of the protest campaign, marchers also blocked streets in Novi Sad in the north, Nis in the south and Kragujevac in central Serbia.
“Vucic out!” chanted the crowd in Belgrade, referring to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, as his likeness was paraded alongside that of Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and other prominent figures in black-and-white jail garb.
The protesters also demanded the resignation of Serbia’s interior minister Bratislav Gasic and secret service chief Aleksandar Vulin whom they blame for failing to stop gangs.