BELGRADE — Tens of thousands marched through Belgrade on Friday, May 19, in an anti-government protest following two mass shootings that killed 18 people, blaming the deaths on a culture of violence that critics said authorities have allowed to fester unchecked. On May 3, a teenage boy killed nine pupils and a security guard in the first school mass shooting in Serbia, and a day later a 21-year-old man killed eight outside Belgrade. Opposition parties, which organized the demonstration, said the government led by President Aleksandar Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) has failed to rein in media that have promoted violence and to act against criminal elements in society.

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