Daily street protests demand accountability for the collapse of a concrete awning at a train station in Novi Sad nearly two months ago, which killed 15 people.
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00:0015 minutes for 15 victims. Every Friday since the 1st of November, protesters and mourners in Serbia have been holding up the traffic for a quarter of an hour.
00:13On that day, a concrete canopy roof collapsed at the recently renovated Novi Sad train station, killing the university students. Two others were injured.
00:25Since then, protesters led by pupils have filled the streets, reflecting widespread anger at the accident, but also wider discontent at the rule of populist president Aleksandar Vucic and his government.
00:39Many in Serbia blamed the collapse on widespread corruption and sloppy work on the railway station building.
00:46On Friday, students left piles of old schoolbooks outside the education ministry, demanding accountability.
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