"Tear gas filled the air and stun grenades echoed around the campus as the University of Novi Sad in Serbia descended into chaos on Friday night after police charged at citizens who had been peacefully protesting in front of the Faculty of Philosophy. "First, a unit of riot police burst out of the park, from the dark, rushed into the crowd and started hitting people with batons," Norbert Sinkovic, an assistant at the Faculty of Philosophy, told DW."
"Armored vehicles with police officers patrolled the campus and the wider city center, occasionally driving towards groups of citizens to disperse them. "The police were pushing citizens back, literally clearing and conquering [the main boulevards] street by street," said local resident Tamara Srijemac. "Novi Sad looked like an occupied city that night.""
Tear gas and stun grenades were deployed as police charged peaceful protesters outside the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Novi Sad, creating chaotic conditions across the campus. Riot police rushed into crowds, hitting people with batons while armored vehicles patrolled and occasionally drove toward groups to disperse them. Demonstrators, first-aid volunteers, women and elderly citizens were chased through the streets, with many seeking refuge in the University Rectorate. Police and gendarmerie stormed the building, detained those inside and conducted repeated searches. Observers described the operation as aimed at intimidating those who protested and compared the city to an occupied area.
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