When members of the Belgrade Philharmonic stepped onto a road crossing in a brief, silent protest last Friday, they were approached by an angry motorist. After being asked to muster a few minutes of restraint and loudly refusing, the driver floored the gas pedal. The outcome? Four members of the orchestra were run down, resulting in a broken upper arm, two hand injuries—one a fracture—and a broken nose. That nobody wasn’t yet more seriously injured seems almost like a stroke of luck, even for professional musicians who still don’t know when—or if—they’ll be able to play again.
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