Overview

• Riot police used tear gas, pepper spray and stun grenades to disperse crowds near Slavija Square and Pionirski Park, detaining dozens of demonstrators
• Official sources reported 36,000 protesters at the start of Saturday’s rally while the Archive of Public Gatherings estimated about 140,000 participants
• Student leaders set an ultimatum for snap polls or threatened a civil disobedience campaign, but Mr. Vucic refused to call early elections and accused unspecified foreign powers of instigating unrest
• Interior Minister Ivica Dacić said 38 of the 77 people detained remain in custody facing charges including terrorism and undermining the constitution and that 48 officers were injured
• The student-led movement began after a November rail station canopy collapse that killed 16 people and has grown into sustained anti-corruption demands to end Vucic’s 12-year rule