 On the night of February 2–3, 1997, a confrontation occurred between riot police and protesters on Branko's Bridge, during which the police fired water cannons at the protesters, even though the outside temperature was −6 °C (21 °F).Vesna Pešić, leader of the Civic Alliance of Serbia, was hit by the police on the same night.According to "Naša Borba", 29 protesters ended up in the Urgent Care emergency room, while the "Anlave" clinic received 50 patients that night.