BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of anti-government protesters marched again in Serbia on Monday with baton-wielding riot police chasing them in downtown Belgrade, prompting Serbia's populist President Aleksandar Vucic to reiterate his pledge of a planned major crackdown against the demonstrators.

The protest in the country's capital was peaceful until a group of young people, believed to be soccer hooligans, split from the crowd and hurled rocks at ruling party's downtown offices, breaking front windows.

The riot police soon appeared at the scene on armored trucks, dispersing the crowd and triggering a panicky escape by the crowd.

In a show of defiance, Vucic showed up at his party's damaged office, calling the protesters terrorists and saying that “soon, the citizens will be freed fr

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