Following the stabbing incident in Montenegroโs capital, anti-Turkish protests broke out, shaking the Montenegrin community and reviving the faded ethnic and religious tensions in the small Balkan geography.
The chaos began in Podgoricaโs Zabjelo district, where a 25-year-old Montenegrin man was claimed to have been stabbed by two Turkish individuals last week. Before investigations were concluded, local media framed the case as a "Turkish attackโโ and nationalist groups quickly mobilized online. After a couple of hours, crowds gathered outside Turkish-owned business and government buildings, chanting "Turks outโโ and โโDeath to Turks.โโ For three consecutive nights, hundreds of demonstrators filled the streets carrying torches near the government complex.
While the tensions were escalating around the country, the Montenegrin government decided to suspend the visa-free travel arrangements with Tรผkiye temporarily for security reasons.
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