The tent settlement was erected by supporters of Vučić in front of the parliament during the anti-government, student-led protests that have turned into the largest demonstrations across the country since Slobodan Milošević’s ouster in 2000.
“It was a question of time before this would happen … There were countless calls for this,” said Vučić, who has repeatedly accused the protesters of violence.
Vučić said that the suspected perpetrator, a pensioner from Belgrade, was arrested.
The students, who plan another big protest on Oct. 31, said in a post on X that their strategy “has never been a path of violence.”
The protests began last November after a railway station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad, killing 16 people, including two young children, and leaving several others gravely injured.
The government denies any blame despite accusations linking the tragedy to a state-run renovation project plagued by shoddy construction and oversight failures.