Thousands of people have joined protest marches in Croatia against a surging far right following a spate of incidents targeting ethnic minorities and liberals that have fueled both ethnic and political tensions in the European Union country.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Thousands of people on Sunday joined protest marches in Croatia against a surging far right following a spate of incidents that have fueled both ethnic and political tensions in the European Union country.

  • Pan0wskiEnglish
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    2 months ago

    There have been attacks:

    Masked men waited for protestors in Rijeka

    […]

    The [anti-fascist] protest march was held on the route from Adriatic square, via Korzo to the Monument of Liberation on Delta, and a group of people dressed in black verbally attacked the protest participants at Adriatic square and threw firecrackers.

    According to witnesses, around thirty young people, mostly masked, chanted various messages and cursed. The police kept them at a distance from the participants of the rally and pushed them towards Ciotti street.

    March in Zadar met with insults and paint

    […]

    On the Prince Branimir Shore in Zadar, the Dalmatian march gathered citizens of Zadar, Šibenik, Split and Korčula who, in a column, accompanied by numerous members of the riot police, set off across the bridge towards the People’s Square.

    While they were crossing the bridge they were attacked by two masked men with balls filled with red paint who were waiting for the column in a speedboat under the bridge. At the entrance to the city, a larger group of members of the Tornado fan group and several members of the Association of Women of the Homeland War tried to block their passage. After a jostling, they were dispersed by the riot police.

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