Tear gas was deployed in the latest violent clash between protesters and police in Serbia.

Tensions soared in the Balkan nation on Saturday after a group of young men wearing scarves over their faces threw flares at President Aleksandar Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party offices in Valjevo, 100km (60 miles) from the capital Belgrade.

The protesters, who were chanting slogans against Mr Vucic, set fire to the offices before clashing with riot police, who used multiple rounds of tear gas to fight and charged at demonstrators who were hurling bottles, rocks and flares at them.

Image: Protesters react next to police officers deployed during anti-government demonstrations in Belgrade, Serbia. Pic: Reuters

There were similar clashes in Belgrade and the northern city of Novi Sad, with police

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