In Belgrade, a hunger strike turned into a cannibalistic protest when a Serbian union official cut off his own finger with a hacksaw and ate it. The incident sprang from the desperation of a group textile workers who have been waiting almost two years for unpaid wages and have been forced to survive meagerly on social benefits. The man made the difficult decision to sever his finger and consume it after he overheard a single mother of three at the protest state that she would cut off her own finger just to make a statement. The man acted first to save the woman from having to do the grisly deed herself. The union is already planning further self mutilations unless talks resume and their demands are met.
