Montenegro, clashes between nationalists and police at the metropolitan’s inauguration: “Too much Belgrade”

The Montenegrin police used tear gas in protests against the enthronement of the metropolitan bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church Joanikije in Cetinje, a town in the south of the country, the former royal capital, which currently houses the official residence of the Montenegrin presidency. Numerous the injured.

The police took action against the demonstrators because they were blocking the entrance to the city. Joanikije was enthroned in the local monastery, but the event attracted the ire of nationalists, who believe the priests of the Serbian Orthodox Church are tools of Serbia to extend influence over the country.