Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic called the incident in front of the Serbian parliament, in which one man was injured and another was arrested for attacking a tent camp of government supporters, a "terrorist act", the Serbian newspaper "Danas" reported, quoted by BTA.
Vucic said during an event in Belgrade that he would have to leave it because of the "terrorist act in front of the Serbian parliament" and added that he would have to deal with "some other things during the day".
According to information from the "Danas" newspaper in the incident, one person was wounded in the leg, and another was arrested for an attack on the tent camp set up in front of the Serbian parliament in March by supporters of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party.
Serbian Health Minister Zlatibor Lončar visited the man shot in front of the parliament at the Emergency Center, TANJUG reported.
According to Lončar, the man was shot "just because he fought for Serbia without blockades" and his life is still not out of danger, as he is undergoing a complex operation.
„Today we experienced an extremely, extremely heavy shock for all of us because of what happened. I just spoke to the man who was shot, whom they tried to set on fire. "He is conscious, but I cannot say that his life is out of danger," Loncar told reporters, adding that the bullet that shot the man did not come out and must be removed surgically.
The Serbian health minister said that the injured man had asked him to tell the public that he had never seen the person who shot him before. According to the minister, a person who disagreed with them that Serbia should not be blocked by anti-government protesters came to the people in the tent camp, was "instructed" and opened fire.
Mass protests and blockades began in Serbia in November last year after the canopy of the recently renovated Novi Sad train station collapsed, killing 16 people. Protesters believe that the tragedy was caused by corruption and negligence. Their demands for a transparent investigation into the tragedy and accountability have evolved into calls for early elections. The ongoing months of student-led protests have been largely peaceful, but over the summer there have been clashes between security forces and protesters who accuse the police of brutality and excessive use of force.