Rampaging Serb waterpolo fans have stoned the Croatian embassy in Belgrade and tore down its flag after a violent European championship final, prompting the Croatian foreign minister to cancel a visit to Montenegro.
Waterpolo hooligans? Waterpolo??
The Serbia and Montenegro team beat Croatia 9-8 in Sunday night's match in Slovenia, sparking violence more likely to be seen at a football match that left at least 20 people injured.
Incensed by the defeat at the hands of their wartime foes, Croatian supporters smashed up the stadium in Slovenian city of Kranj,injuring two Serb team members and forcing the cancellation of the medals ceremony. "They were throwing bottles, stones and flares," said a Serb team official. "They were shouting 'kill the Serbs'." Television pictures of the clashes infuriated Serb fans who attacked Zagreb's embassy in Belgrade and replaced Croatia's flag with Serbia's. Croatia summoned Belgrade's ambassador on Monday to deliver a strong protest about the attack and a spokeswoman in Zagreb said Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula would not make Monday's planned trip to Montenegro.
He remembers what happened to the Archduke. |