YUGOSLAVIA: ARMED BODYGUARDS OF SERBIAN HARDLINER VOJISLAV SESELJ FIRE SHOTS IN AIR OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT TO SCARE JEERING STUDENTS
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YUGOSLAVIA: ARMED BODYGUARDS OF SERBIAN HARDLINER VOJISLAV SESELJ FIRE SHOTS IN AIR OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT TO SCARE JEERING STUDENTS
- Title: YUGOSLAVIA: ARMED BODYGUARDS OF SERBIAN HARDLINER VOJISLAV SESELJ FIRE SHOTS IN AIR OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT TO SCARE JEERING STUDENTS
- Date: 10th October 2000
- Summary: BELGRADE, SERBIA, YUGOSLAVIA (OCTOBER 9, 2000) (REUTERS) (EVENING SHOTS) 1. SLV VIOLENCE OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT AS SERBIAN HARDLINER VOJISLAV SESELJ LEAVES/ STUDENTS JEER HIM; SESELJ RAISES HIS ARM AS HE LEAVES SURROUNDED BY ARMED BODYGUARDS (7 SHOTS) 0.36 2. MV SCUFFLES AUDIO GUNSHOTS HEARD; FIGHTING BETWEEN STUDENTS AND BODYGUARDS (10 SHOTS) 1.59 3. SLV THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS MARCH ON FORMER PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC'S RESIDENCE 2.05 4. SV POLICE LINES STAND IN STUDENTS WAY 2.09 5. SV STUDENTS PAN MEDIA AND POLICE; STUDENTS HAS POLICE AND STUDENTS; HAS STUDENTS HAND OUT POSTERS/ POLICE LOOK AT THEM (5 SHOTS) 2.32 (DAYTIME SHOTS) 6. SLV EXTERIOR PARLIAMENT BUILDING; LAS FLAGS; MV NEW YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA ARRIVING AT PARLIAMENT BUILDING (3 SHOTS) 2.44 7. SLV PASSERS-BY WATCHING 2.47 8. SLV INTERIOR PARLIAMENT; HARDLINER VOJISLAV SESLJ SEATED (WITH GLASSES); PARLIAMENTARIANS VOTING ELECTRONICALLY (11 SHOTS) 3.18 9. (SOUNDBITE) (Serbian) PRESIDENT MILAN MILUTINOVIC LEAVING SERB PRESIDENCY, ANSWERING QUESTION, WILL THERE BE ELECTIONS NOW, SAYS "Yes, probably" ASKED WHETHER HE WILL RUN, REPLIES "I don't know. I'll see later" 3.55 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ZORAN DJINDJIC, MANAGER OF THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION OF SERBIA PARTY (DOS) SAYING "We will try to create some transitional government to protect interests of the country and the people of the country to have guarantees for free elections on December 19. 4.09 11. SLV YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA SHAKING HANDS WITH SERBIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH AFTER MEETING HIM/ WAVES TELEVISION CREW AWAY/ GETS INTO CAR (2 SHOTS) 4.24 12. SLV CHILDREN ARRIVING FOR SCHOOL; SCU SIGN SAYING THAT SCHOOL IS NOW OPEN (5 SHOTS) 4.39 13. (SOUNDBITE) (Serbian) STUDENT IVANA VELICKOVIC SAYING: "I'm not a politician. I don't understand anything, I just want to go to school so I can go to university." 4.47 14. SLV NEW BELGRADE STATE PETROL STATION/ LONG QUEUES OF PEOPLE LINING UP FOR PETROL/ CUSTOMERS BEING SERVED (4 SHOTS) 5.00 (NIGHT SHOTS) 15. SLV STUDENTS PARTYING ON STREETS (17 SHOTS) 6.02 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 25th October 2000 13:00
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- Location: BELGRADE, SERBIA, YUGOSLAVIA
- City:
- Country: Yugoslavia
- Reuters ID: LVACS94RI5Q9JUX8ZYB7EM65S183
- Story Text: Armed bodyguards of Serbian hardliner Vojislav Seselj
fired shots in the air outside parliament on Monday to scare
jeering students who accused former allies of ex-president
Slobodan Milosevic of trying to thwart the Yugoslav revolution.
There were several scuffles as the Radical Party leader
Vojislav Seselj emerged from a side-entrance to the
assembly after delivering a series of obstructive
speeches before the Serbian parliament, the
assembly that is key to power.
Burly bodyguards formed a screen in front of the
ultra-nationalist and reached for handguns concealed under
their shirts. At least two shots were fired, scattering the
crowd, and one man was wrestled to the ground.
The violence spread to other streets surrounding the
parliament.
Earlier, police prevented demonstrating students from
marching past the home of Slobodan Milosevic, and army troops
were called to the scene in case of trouble.
About 1,000 students were prevented by six rows of armed
police from walking up the road past the walled residence.
The students turned back and headed in the direction of
parliament.
Reformist leaders have warned that there will be a re-run
of last Thursday's mass uprising in Belgrade if Milosevic
die-hards try to stall sweeping political reform by wielding
their old powers in the Serbian parliament.
All parties in the chamber agreed earlier on Monday to
dissolve the parliament and hold early elections in 10 weeks,
giving reformist forces behind new Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica an opportunity to consolidate the transformation.
Serb President Milan Milutinovic confirmed the elections
would take place but refused to say whether he would be
standing.
The new President Kostunica met the Serbian Orthodox
Patriarch as Serbs began to evaluate what a change in regime
could mean for them.
Schools in Belgrade, closed two weeks ago after education
bosses expressed concern over children's safety as protests
against the former regime spilled on to the streets, reopened.
Youngsters said they were relieved to be back at their
desks.
One 14-year-old girl, Ivana Velickovic, summed up the
feelings of many when she said she wasn't a politician. All
she wanted to do was continue her studies so she could go to
university.
Euphoria over last week's sudden revolution has quickly
given way to worries about the Herculean task Kostunica faces
to revive the broken economy and end international isolation.
The first tangible sign of change came when the European
Union lifted an oil embargo imposed in protest at the Serb
persecution of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
Serbs have seen petrol prices rise by more than 50 percent
during the embargo and say it has now become a luxury
commodity for all.
Late on Monday students organised a street rave - partying
and dancing through Belgrade.
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