Student protests continue to challenge Serbia's populist government after a deadly canopy collapse
Hundreds of Serbian students and others again blocked traffic for 15 minutes throughout the country as political tensions continue to simmer following last month's collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of Serbian students and others briefly blocked traffic throughout the country Friday as political tensions continue to simmer following last month’s collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people.
The 15-minute traffic blockades have been held every Friday at 11:52 a.m., the exact time on Nov. 1 when tons of concrete came crashing down on people standing underneath outside a railway station building in the northern city of Novi Sad.
Initially, 14 people died and three suffered injuries. Another person died later in hospital.
Many in Serbia blame the collapse on widespread corruption and sloppy renovation work on the railway station building that was twice renovated an recent years as part of railway upgrading projects with Chinese state companies.
