Serbian police clash with protesters demanding snap election

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Dozens of anti-government protesters were detained during clashes with riot police in Serbia's capital on Saturday.

Students staged a massive rally against populist President Aleksandar Vucic demanding an early parliamentary election.

The protest, by tens of thousands of demonstrators, was held after nearly eight months of persistent dissent led by Serbia's university students.

The huge crowd chanted: "We want elections!" as they filled the capital's central Slavija Square and clashed with police.

Students tried to push their way past a line of officers in full riot gear and tear gas was fired into the crowds

Six police officers and an unknown number of citizens were injured, police said. 

Vucic, a former extreme nationalist, is accused of becoming increasingly authoritarian since coming to power more than a decade ago. 

Critics say the president has stifled democratic freedoms as he strengthened ties with Russia and China.