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...Several hundred hooded protesters broke away from the 500,000-strong crowd at the rally, throwing rocks and molotov cocktails at the Croatian and U.S. embassies. Flames licked up to the second floor of the old brick building which is located in the heart of the capital. Serbian paramilitary police, arriving in Humvees, dispersed the crowd using tear gas. But firefighters later discovered a charred body in a lower room. The embassy had been largely empty at the time and US officials say all employees have since been accounted for; the body is believed to be that of a protester...
...protest turned deadly when several hundred hooded protesters broke away from that 500,000-strong crowd. The smaller group hurled rocks and molotov cocktails at the Croatian and U.S. embassies. Flames licked up to the second floor of the old brick building which is located in the heart of the capital. Serbian paramilitary police, arriving in Humvees, dispersed the crowd using tear gas. But firefighters later discovered a charred body in a lower room. The embassy had been largely empty at the time and it was not immediately clear whether the body was that of a protester or an embassy...
...police and the government were troubled by the unprecedented degree of organization and communication by riot leaders, who apparently aimed to inflict as much damage as possible on police forces. Not only did the Villiers-le-Bel insurgents use strategic ambush points to stockpile and unleash stones, bottles and Molotov cocktails on security forces, they also repeatedly fired shotguns on riot cops, in what amounted to the most serious use of arms in nearly three decades of such periodic violence. The result was over 100 police officers injured in the mayhem - five seriously from shotgun fire, including...
Hours later, some several hundred angry protesters gathered in front of the U.S. Embassy in downtown Belgrade, wielding sticks and stones and chanting nationalist slogans. The anti-riot police dispersed the crowd, which then directed its anger towards the nearby McDonald's venue, trashed the windows, and threw a Molotov cocktail inside. The embassy of Slovenia, which recently took over the chairmanship of the Europen Union, was also trashed. All in all, according to official reports, some 30 persons were injured, including seven policemen...
...such a grinch. There must be something you want for Christmas. “There are two things on my list: a bullhorn and The Anarchist’s Cookbook.” Some people want to make Christmas cookies and potato latkes. You want to make Molotov cocktails. “No, I want to make a difference, and being loud about it is the only way I know how.” As if by example, Bennett C. Braddock III ‘08 suddenly strolled by. Merrily, he shouted, “Your mom?...