Belgrade, Serbia – A 19 -year -old died Friday at a hospital in Serbiabecoming the 16th mortality in the collapse of a concrete canopy in a train station last November. He The tragedy caused months of anti -corruption protests shaking the populist government of Serbia.
Vukasin Crncevic died more than four months after tons of concrete collapsed on November 1 without prior notice of him and other people outside the central train station in the northern city of Novi Sad.
Many in Serbia believe that the fatal accident was the result of a bad renewal work in the station building that resulted from Rampante government corruption n, negligence and lack of respect for security regulations.
A month protests that demand responsibility for the accident have attracted hundreds of thousands of people. Daily protests and blockages have so far included a 15 -minute silence for those who had died in the disaster.
The silent traffic blocks were carried out in several different places in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, as well as in the city of Novi Sad and other cities on Friday.
Also Friday, Autocratic President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic He announced plans to organize the countercurrents, which could further increase tensions and potentially cause clashes between groups of protesters.
VUCIC has accused protesters of “terrifying” people in Serbia and violence, although anti-unartral protests, which are led by university students, have been largely peaceful.
The last rally in Belgrade last weekend was one of the greatest ever held in the country of the Balkans, which has a long history of anti -government manifestations. Populist authorities have faced accusations of using a sonic cannon against protesters during commemorative silence on Saturday night, which Vucic and other government officials have denied.
Initially, 14 people died and three were injured in the accident of Novi Sad Station. The Military Hospital of Belgrade, which was treating it, said that Cronvic died due to “complex injuries” and “resulting complications.”
