The altercation will likely strain already poor relations between Serbia and the breakaway region after weeks of violence over the installation of Albanian mayors in Serbian regions in Kosovo.
While the French government had not yet called a state of emergency on Thursday night, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said “the state’s response will be extremely firm.”
Two town halls were set ablaze in the second night of race riots, while the country’s politically powerful police unions have turned against the Élysée Palace, saying their officers are being turned into scapegoats.
The French establishment has been quick to condemn the police for structural racism as violence engulfed the western Parisian suburb of Nanterre Tuesday night.
A Braverman than most, the UK’s home secretary has called upon Britain’s 43 police forces to “ramp up” their use of stop and search in order to “save more lives,” a decision for which she deserves to be commended.
During an otherwise peaceful demonstration in support of Belgium’s healthcare workers, it appears that one officer attempted to hit chairman Tom Van Grieken in the face, while a fellow MP claimed she had been kicked by another policeman after having fallen to the ground.
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