Serbia train station tragedy: How Serbians are demanding accountability | DW News

At least 14 people were killed on Friday when a canopy outside the entrance to the central railway station in Novi Sad collapsed. Angry citizens are demanding answers from authorities.

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[mikethespike]

It doesn't matter if the canopy was included in the renovations or not. Someone is responsible for regularly inspecting the structural integrity of the building.

[alemalder]

Vučić is an autocrat, but still get support from the USA and the EU. I don't think there is a country in the world where there are more protests than in Serbia, but Vučić gets the support of the American ambassador to Serbia.

[truth-uncensored]

My condolences to the Serbian people, from Brazil 🇧🇷. Be well.

[DejanJovanovic]

Koliko ovaj Vučić laže to je bolesno. Baš zato što ste je tako nakaradno renovirali, nastrešnica je pala. Da je niste dirali ništa se ne bi desilo.

[yukiyu]

Ever since Alexandar Vucic came to power the entire state is collapsing!!

[okforce]

My deepest condolences to our Serbian brothers! We stand with you !
Брат за брата !
🇧🇬 Bulgaria Serbia 🇷🇸

[OzgurY-itrl]

Sending prayers and condolences from Türkiye.
R.i.p. the victims.

[greekterrru-i]

This is very sad, we feel you brothers 🇬🇷 🇷🇸

[tld]

corruption?.. skimping on material? maintenance negligence?

[LemonHelmmet]

not to mention that this was NOT a solo incident. we had balconies collapsing 3 months ago! 2 weeks ago in Novi Sad! We are scared of everything they built and renovated!

[profesormota]

Mi más sentido pésame a mis hermanas y hermanos en Serbia, México está con ustedes 🇷🇸🇲🇽

[vivekra]

Politicians are too preoccupied with making stuff look fancy and modern. Safety and function should be the only priority especially in places where there isn't money to throw around.

[seamaster]

They don’t want to reveal the contracts because it will show who took the money and how much they actually spent on renovations.
Corruption is now even worse than in the 90’s with Slobodan Milosevic. God help us all. 😢

[Mladjasmilic]

At the same time, old Sava brigde in Belgrade (built by Germans for transporting people to Croatian death camp) is closed on the same day when there was a tragedy in Novi Sad. The bridge is closed to be demolished and new one to be built. The whole project is kept in secrecy. People demonstrated, removed baricades and the bridge remans open for traffic under guard of local residents.

Germany temporary bridge is standind over 70 years, while infrastructure built by Serbian government is colapsing after 2 years.

[harczymarczy]

The protesters should take a legal action against the Chinese companies and their Serbian partners to compensate for the dead people. It anything like this happens in the US the company would possibly go bankrupt...

[dadodadek]

Probudite se braćo, moja sućut za sve koji su nastradali. Želim vam sve najbolje 🇭🇷❤️🇷🇸

[Duccor]

point is there is no functional inspection in serbia thats is 100% goverment job

[dj.michael]

When this station was renovated, our dearest president was the first to celebrate it's brand new reopening and boast about how much he invested in it, now he hides behind the "incompetency" of chinese companies and mistakes of the architects. What a shame...

[sisarka]

People in Serbia know that no one responsible will be punished

[dreamcatcherstar]

Because they have psychopath to rule, who everyone hates, but no one can do anything, cuz so many people are involved and corrupted with money, their jobs depends on politics and which side they are chosing. So sad cuz Serbs are such a good people, Novi Sad is one of the most beutiful places .