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Serbia protesters demand accountability over roof collapse

More than 1,000 people demonstrated in Belgrade

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(ANSA-AFP) - BELGRADE, 03 NOV - More than 1,000 people demonstrated in Serbia's capital on Sunday, demanding the resignation of the construction minister over a deadly roof collapse at a northern train station. On Friday 14 people were killed when the roof of the train station in the northern city of Novi Sad caved in. The tragedy occurred just months after the station finished a major, years-long renovation, which did not include the collapsed roof. On Sunday hundreds of protesters rallied in front of the Ministry of Construction in the capital Belgrade, after holding a minute's silence to honour the victims. "It is only a question of time when something will fall on our heads", protester Pavle Jaksic told AFP. "Changes have to happen. There is someone responsible for everything, and those responsible for this have to be found and removed from here as soon as possible", Natasa Simeunovic, 26 said while holding up a red-painted hand. The demonstrators threw red paint in front of the ministry and called for the resignation of the minister of construction, transport and infrastructure, Goran Vesic. The protest was organised by student organisation "SviCe" (Rising).
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