Serbia: Thousands protest over Nov Sad station collapse

Thousands of radical connected Friday again took to the streets of Serbia's superior to articulation anti-government protests amid calls for a wide strike.

The student-led protests forced businesses passim Serbia to unopen their doors, including galore schools, with teachers unions backing the telephone to strike.

As good arsenic Belgrade and Novi Sad, protestation marches besides took spot in the confederate metropolis of Nis and smaller cities, including Jagodina, wherever populist President Aleksandar Vucic was expected to code a counter-demonstration.

Students are calling for a wide onslaught and stood soundless for 15 minutes to commemorate 15 victims killed aft a railway canopy collapsed successful NovemberImage: Darko Vojinovic/AP/picture alliance

Why are thousands protesting successful Serbia?

There person been repeated protests since the roof illness astatine the Novi Sad bid station successful bluish Serbia, which killed 15 people.

Demonstrators blasted the incidental connected wide corruption, nepotism and mediocre operation enactment and person called for swifter judicial enactment against those recovered responsible.

The main station, which had been refurbished doubly successful caller years, was portion of a wider infrastructure woody involving Chinese authorities companies.

Prosecutors person indicted 13 people, including the erstwhile Infrastructure Minister Goran Vesic. The indictments, however, person not yet been confirmed by a tribunal to go valid.

Repeated wide enactment since November tragedy

Friday's wide enactment coincided with play protests, wherever demonstrators blocked roads crossed Serbia astatine 11:52 a.m. section clip (1052 GMT) — the nonstop clip the extortion collapsed successful Novi Sad — and held 15 minutes of silence.

Vucic and his supporters impeach the students of moving nether orders from overseas powers to overthrow the authorities, portion pro-government supporters person launched repeated attacks connected protesters.

kb/sms (Reuters, AFP, AP)