The demonstration, one of the largest in recent years, is part of wider protests taking place across the country following the collapse of the concrete dome at Novi Sad train station last November, killing 15 people.
Tens of thousands of protesters, led by university students, organized an action. Protest in front of Serbian state television headquarters in Belgrade to protest what they described as the network’s pro-government bias. The rally took place a day after a student was seriously injured when a driver crashed his car into a crowd of protesters in Belgrade.
The demonstration was one of the largest demonstrations in recent years against the alleged pro-government bias of the ‘RTS’ television channel. wider protests The incident occurred across the country after the concrete dome at the Novi Sad train station collapsed last November, killing 15 people.
Protesters say they are angry because state television reported President Aleksandar Vučić’s accusations that they were paid by foreign secret services With the intention of overthrowing him and his Government by force. Protesters held 15 minutes of silence In memory of each of the victims of the train station dome collapse.
Moreover They shouted the demand for a general strikeAll over the Balkan country. Many Serbs blame the deadly collapse on corruption in the Government, which is carrying out renovations on the station building as part of a broader agreement with Chinese state companies involved in various infrastructure projects in the country.
The collapse of the electoral framework became the focus of broader dissatisfaction with what protesters saw as Vučić’s increasingly autocratic government, reflecting popular demands for democratic change.
Celebrations have been taking place since the tent collapsed on November 1 Daily protests in Novi Sadin the capital, Belgrade, as well as in other cities of the country, which sometimes turned into violence.
Hit and run during the show
driver on thursday a car ran away Following the young woman from the scene in central Belgrade I ran over The woman, who was thrown onto the roof of her vehicle, fell to the ground with bleeding wounds from her head.
The police detained the driver and charged with attempted murder. Such incidents during protests and traffic closures have occurred numerous times since they began, but this was the first time a serious injury occurred. Tension increased after that incidentThis includes a man brandishing a knife threatening protesters in Novi Sad on Friday.
Meanwhile, riot police evicted a group of opposition politicians from City Hall who had seized the building in support of student protesters.
Vučić called opposition officials “thugs” and promised once again that they would never come to power by force. He sided with people against daily street protests, saying their freedom of movement was being compromised by daily traffic blocks. His opponents say this Vučić created an atmosphere of violence in the country with his statements towards the protesters.
