The fall of Slobodan Milosevic
How the Yugoslavian president was forced from office in October 2000
Witness History · BBC World Service
October 5, 202210m 31s
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Show Notes
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)