Overview

• Protesters torched offices of President Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party in Valjevo and other cities during a fifth consecutive night of clashes.
• Interior Minister Ivica Dačić reported 18 demonstrators arrested and at least one gendarme injured in the latest unrest.
• Student activist Nikolina Sindelić and others have accused special police units of brutalizing detainees and issuing threats during arrests.
• Organized pro-government groups have been linked to unpunished attacks on opposition supporters in towns such as Vrbas and Bačka Palanka.
• Vučić has ruled out declaring a state of emergency but vowed to use new legal tools to restore order after nine months of anti-government demonstrations.