In expectation of the president of the Initiative for the Defence of Croatian Vukovar, Tomislav Josic to appear in Vukovar's main square, a member of the initiative Drago Adzaga told about one hundred protestors that 28 buses full of people coming to show their support to the protestors, had been stopped from entering the town. The police later denied these allegations.
Josic, who had been taken by the police for questioning, was released on Tuesday and protestors waited for him to appear in the main square.
The rally then continued as a procession from one government institution to the next where the dual language signs in Latin and Cyrillic had been put up and were now being guarded by heavy police forces.
At each building speakers spoke to the gathered crowd repeating that the procession through Vukovar would be conducted peacefully and in dignity in an effort to once again warn that dual language signs in Vukovar were "unacceptable".
At around 12.45 Adzaga addressed the crowd saying that apparently Josic had once again been taken in to the state prosecutor's office for questioning and that it was uncertain when he would be released.
Adzaga urged the protestors to disperse and gather again on Wednesday morning. "It's obvious that these protests will continue for some time, so we all need to preserve our strength for when it becomes necessary," he added.
Protesters had gathered on Monday to show their disapproval of dual language signs being put up on government buildings, and Josic had been taken in by police for questioning but was released today. Demonstrators tore down several signs and in the process four police officers were injured.
Mayor Zeljko Sabo called on the protesters to behave in a dignified way so that "we don't destroy in one day all that we have been building in the last 15 years since the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube region."
