Montenegro police fire teargas at protesters incensed over cleric's enthronement

A barricade is set on fire during a protest against the enthronement of Bishop Joanikije in Cetinje, Montenegro, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic

PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro police used teargas to disperse hundreds of people protesting against the enthronement of a Serbian Orthodox Church cleric as the nation's religious leader on Sunday, a ceremony that has exposed deep divisions over ties with Serbia.

The demonstrators in the town of Cetinje had thrown rocks, bottles and fire crackers at police as church figures were flown into the town by helicopter, news site Vijesti reported, but there were no reports on injuries on either side.