Pro-government rally held as unrest grows

Tens of thousands of people converged on the Serbian capital on Friday for a major rally in support of President Aleksandar Vucic, who is facing an unprecedented revolt against his autocratic rule amid the crisis triggered by two mass shootings. The event was somewhat overshadowed by a new crisis in neighbouring Kosovo, where ethnic Serbs clashed with police on Friday. Vucic ordered an “urgent” movement of Serbian troops to the border with Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008.