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Police clash with opponents of Serbian church in Montenegro

Metropolitan Joanikije, the new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, was inaugurated in the state’s old capital on September 5 amid clashes between police and protesters who oppose continued Serb influence in the tiny Balkan nation.

Hospital officials in the city of Cetinje said at least 60 people were injured—including 30 police officers—in clashes that saw police launch tear gas against the demonstrators, who hurled rocks and bottles at them and fired gunshots into the air. At least 15 people were arrested.