Vucic refused to pardon those detained during the protests in Belgrade

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that participants in clashes with police during protests in Belgrade on June 28 will not receive clemency.

"I will not sign a pardon, no cancellation of the persecution of those whom we warned 500 times not to participate in violence," the Vechernye Novosti newspaper quoted Vucic as saying.

The President also stressed that he would objectively evaluate students who said they would not participate in violence, and those "who deliberately wanted to provoke bloodshed."

"They really thought they were stronger and more powerful than the state. The definition of the state is that it has the power of physical coercion, there is no one stronger than the state," Vucic added.

The head of the Serbian police announced the detention of more than a dozen protesters.

On June 28, Izvestia published footage from Belgrade after the start of demonstrations on the Vidovdan holiday, the day of remembrance of heroes and national identity of Serbia. Supporters of President Vucic and protesting representatives of the opposition came to the event.

Later it was reported that at least 36 thousand people attended the rally in Belgrade. Students came to the square, shouting slogans "Swing!". They demonstrated the symbols of their faculties, the flags of Serbia, and also created noise with whistles. It was clarified that 48 police officers were injured and 77 people were detained as a result of the protests.