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VIDEO | It's boiling in Serbia: Thousands of citizens in front of RTS, inside are armed special forces waiting to the teeth

The atmosphere in Serbia is heating up – protests and blockades are shaking the entire country, and today, for the first time, they were organized and counter-protests by government supporters, with a large rally in Jagodina, attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.

Thousands of Serbian students and citizens who support them gathered in protest in front of the building of the public service RTS tonight. During the broadcast of the central news program of the television, the crowd chanted: "Let us live" and "General strike". The RTS news program began with a ten-minute report of the counter-protests of the supporters of the government in Jagodina, and only at the 15th minute did a report air live from the protests that were taking place in the center of Belgrade, in front of the television itself.

While the protest was going on outside, a video was posted on social media showing a large number of armed special forces, in full riot gear, waiting inside the Radio Television of Serbia building.

The footage shows special forces with shields in their hands and bags marching through the corridors of RTS.

According to Serbian media critical of the government, some of the police officers had been at the RTS building since the morning, and most had deployed in the afternoon, before the protest began.

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