Serbia protests demand accountability one year after deadly roof collapse


  • World
  • Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025

Locals welcome students from Novi Pazar as they arrive in Belgrade during their journey to Novi Sad during a protest march over the fatal November 2024 Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse, which killed 16 people, triggering nationwide accusations of widespread corruption and negligence in Belgrade, Serbia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Dijana Hrka, 48, whose son was among 16 people killed when the roof of a renovated railway station in Serbia collapsed, is angry with authorities for having held no one accountable a year later.

"The roof didn’t collapse by itself," she said, standing at her son’s grave in the capital Belgrade. "It collapsed because of corruption and human negligence. I want to know who killed my child."

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