Serbia marks second anniversary of train station canopy collapse

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 1 Nov, 13:11 · Archive

Thousands gathered in Novi Sad on Sunday to mark two years since a concrete canopy collapse that killed 16 people.

Thousands of students and their supporters gathered in Novi Sad on Sunday to commemorate the second anniversary of the concrete canopy collapse at the train station that killed 16 people, including children. The students brought 16 wreaths and 16 red hearts to lay outside the station building, and the crowd held a moment of silence in steady rain.

The November 2024 disaster sparked a two-year student-led anti-corruption campaign. Many in Serbia believe the canopy collapsed due to flawed renovation work caused by corruption and negligence in state infrastructure projects championed by Aleksandar Vucic's government. The station renovation was part of a larger railway reconstruction project involving China and Hungary.

Unlike the first anniversary a year ago, participants this year expressed hope that those responsible for the disaster would be punished. A week before the memorial, Vucic's right-wing government suffered a stunning defeat in parliamentary elections, toppled by the student movement that had grown out of demands for accountability over the tragedy.

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• Serbia marks the second anniversary of a train station tragedy that fueled student protestsThousands of students and supporters in Serbia have marked two years since a deadly train station disaster.News4Jax · 1 Nov, 12:44
• Serbia marks the second anniversary of a train station tragedy that fueled student protestsThousands of students and supporters in Serbia have marked two years since a deadly train station disaster.Clickorlando · 1 Nov, 12:44

In this story: Aleksandar Vucic · Serbia · Novi Sad

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