Driver hurts protester after ramming anti-government rally in Serbia's capital

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A woman rammed a car into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia's capital and injured one of them Friday, police said, as a student-led strike shut down businesses and drew tens of thousands of people to demonstrations around the country.

The nationwide protests took place on the same day that President Aleksandar Vucic held a big afternoon rally with thousands of supporters in the central town of Jagodina, his coalition stronghold, to counter the persistent anti-government protests that have challenged his tight grip on power for nearly three months.

Vucic told his supporters that the country has been "attacked both from outside and inside" by the anti-government protests.

"It is not accidental that that they have attacked Serbia from abroad," Vucic said, pointing out Serbia's friendly relations with Russia and China, and a refusal to impose sanctions on Moscow because of the war in Ukraine.

"That is what they want to crush, but we must not allow it. That is our strength," he told the cheering crowd.