Witness History
Witness History
The fall of Slobodan Milosevic
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October 5, 2022
11 minutes
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On 5 October 2000, protests in the Yugoslav capital Belgrade spiralled into an attack on the parliament building. Hours later President Slobodan Milosevic stood down.
Mark Lowen spoke to Srdja Popovic - one of the leaders of the student-led opposition movement - in 2010.
(Photo: Demonstrators and police at the Belgrade parliament. Credit: Getty Images)