Clashes between rival groups of protesters in Serbia left dozens injured overnight, police said Thursday, as months of anti-government demonstrations boiled over into street violence for a second night.

A wave of anti-corruption protests has gripped Serbia since November, when the collapse of the Novi Sad railway station roof killed 16 people, a tragedy widely blamed on entrenched corruption.

Anti-graft protesters again gathered in several cities across Serbia late Wednesday.

That was mainly in response to a previous attack by ruling party supporters on demonstrators in the town of Vrbas, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of the capital Belgrade.

For the second night running, large groups of pro-government supporters, most wearing masks, confronted protesters. The two groups hurle

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