Police clash with opponents of Serbian church in Montenegro

CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) — Riot constabulary successful Montenegro person utilized teardrop state astatine protesters who fired gunshots successful the aerial and hurled bottles and stones earlier a planned inauguration of the caller caput of the Serbian Orthodox Church successful the country. The ceremonial scheduled for Sunday greeting successful erstwhile superior Cetinje has angered opponents of the Serbian religion successful Montenegro. The state declared independency from neighboring Serbia successful 2006.  Hundreds of protesters confronted the constabulary successful Cetinje connected Saturday astir a monastery wherever the inauguration of Metropolitan Joanikije is expected to instrumentality place. The demonstrators besides acceptable up roadworthy barriers with trash containers, tires and ample rocks to forestall religion and authorities dignitaries from coming to the inauguration.