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Serbia grapples with surge in far-right violence (AP)

October 14th, 2010

File - In this Nov. 28, 2009 photo a femalePartizan Belgrade soccer fan throws a seat during the Serbian national soccer league derby match Red Star against Partizan, in Belgrade, Serbia. The football hooligans, who are also members of the far-right groups, have played major role in Serbia over the past 20 years, from taking part in wartime ethnic-cleansing campaigns in Croatian and Bosnia, to helping oust former President Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, protesting against Kosovo's secession, and the most recent street riots against the EU. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)AP - Thousands of black-clad young men rampage through downtown Belgrade, hurling Molotov cocktails and stun grenades at police trying to protect a gay-rights march. Soccer fans throw flares and fireworks onto the pitch during a championship qualifier match, forcing its cancellation.


Tags: stun grenades, Serbia, grapples, violence, surge, molotov cocktails, Farright, gay rights march

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