Thousands marched in silence on Monday in Serbia in a major outpouring of grief and anger against the populist government and how it reacted after two mass shootings last week that left 17 people dead and 21 wounded. The gatherings in Belgrade and the northern city of Novi Sad were dubbed “Serbia against violence.”

They were called by opposition parties, which demanded the resignations of government ministers and the withdrawal licenses to the state controlled mainstream media that promote violence and often host convicted war criminals and crime figures on their programs. After the protest, some chanted slogans against Serbia’s autocratic president, Aleksandar Vucic, demanding that he step down.