"Tens of thousands of people have gathered in the Serbian city of Novi Sad to mark the first anniversary of a railway station disaster. Mourners placed flowers and candles along temporary fencing near the damaged station entrance on Saturday, where 16 people died when the canopy collapsed on November 1, 2024. I feel great pain and sadness, Svetlana, a 45-year-old woman, told the AFP news agency, capturing the sombre mood at the memorial gathering."
"Students, who organised Saturday's largest commemorative gathering, were joined by supporters who had been converging on Novi Sad since Friday arriving by various means of transportation. Thousands made symbolic journeys to attend, including marchers from Belgrade who walked approximately 100km (62 miles), and others from Novi Pazar, about 340km (211 miles) south of the capital. These marchers took exactly 16 days one for each victim to complete their journey."
Tens of thousands gathered in Novi Sad to mark the first anniversary of the railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people on November 1, 2024. Mourners placed flowers and candles along temporary fencing near the damaged station entrance and observed 16 minutes of silence beginning at 11:52am (10:52 GMT), the exact time of the tragedy. The disaster became a symbol of entrenched corruption and triggered regular student-led protests across Serbia, evolving from demands for a transparent investigation into calls for early elections. Supporters converged from across the country, with some marchers undertaking multi-day journeys.
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