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Rescuers at the scene of the train station tragedy on Nov. 1, 2024, in Novi Sad, Serbia. - Interior Ministry of Serbia/AP A rescue team inspects the area following the tragedy in Novi Sad, Serbia ...
The Novi Sad Higher Public Prosecutor's Office initiated an investigation. [41] More than 40 people, including construction minister Goran Vesić, were subjected to questioning. [42] At least 11 people were allegedly arrested or brought in to the prosecutor’s office by the police, including Vesić, who said that he had voluntarily surrendered ...
"For protesters, the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse cannot be treated as an incident and isolated event, but rather a symptom of more widespread negligence and systemic corruption that ...
The November collapse at the central station in Novi Sad, one of Serbia's largest cities, killed 15 people and happened months after it reopened, fueling accusations that the construction was unsafe.
Nevena Vecerinac, a student, said she hoped the protesters' demands that include the punishment of all those responsible for the rail station tragedy will be fulfilled. “We will make it to Novi Sad," she said. ”Yesterday’s walk was easy. It’s cold now, but we can make it. We all have the same goal." “We need support from all people.
The protesters played the audio recording of their demands: the publication of the entire documentation on the reconstruction of the Railway Station, the dismissal of the charges against the arrested and detained students, activists and citizens at the previous protests regarding the tragedy in Novi Sad, the filing of criminal charges against ...
Along the way to Novi Sad on Friday, the students were greeted by cheering citizens who honked their car horns or came out of their homes to offer food and drinks. Hundreds more people on bicycles headed separately toward Novi Sad on Friday while Belgrade's taxi drivers said they would come too and give the marchers a lift home on Sunday.
The daily protests began after the massive concrete canopy hanging over the entrance to Novi Sad's newly renovated central railway station collapsed on Nov. 1, killing 15 people. They have become increasingly raucous, serving as way for people to vent their unhappiness with Vucic’s authoritarian rule and reflecting their growing demands for ...