Students and citizens organized a protest because SNS activists beat students who were pasting stickers and drawing templates "Three months, three bridges" on the night between Monday and Tuesday.
In front of the premises Serbian Progressive Party on the Boulevard of Liberation in Novi Sad, students and citizens organized a protest because attackers came out of those premises and beat students early Tuesday morning during their activities as part of protest.
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Some students had a red handprint over their face, as a symbol that their colleague was injured in the area of the head, portal 021 reports.
"What's falling?"
"The government has fallen."#Novi Sad pic.twitter.com/YHQQbGmGZE
- Radio 021 (@ Radio021) January 28, 2025
The students left their faculties, and the farmers were with them. Bikers also joined the protest.
Those gathered held prominent banners with the inscriptions "The paint will wash off, the blood won't!", "Don't worry mom, the government didn't kill me today", "It's harder to talk with a dislocated jaw".
Those gathered in front of the SNS premises are chanting the name of the student who was beaten by activists of this party last night.#Novi Sad pic.twitter.com/PTQqNFqvYn
- Radio 021 (@ Radio021) January 28, 2025
Those gathered called on the police to show solidarity with the students and support their demands for a better and fairer society. They shout "Resignations, then imprisonment" and "What's going on?" The government is falling."
"Attacks on students must not be repeated and we students are not the target of violence and we will not remain silent." Today we go in front of the MUP building to express our gratitude for the quick reaction, but also to call the police to stand with us. We call on the police to show solidarity with the students and support our demands for a better and fairer society. Thank you for being here with us. Ana (the student who was beaten op. a.) is not only a heroine, she is our Ana", said at the protest.
Baton attack
Students were beaten by SNS activists with batons, and one girl was seriously injured because her jaw was dislocated and she has injuries on her body, and several students received minor injuries.
University professors dressed as security guards made a shield in front of the SNS premises so that they would not be damaged during the protest pic.twitter.com/bfrgO2nttn
- Autonomija Info (@autonomijandnv) January 28, 2025
Four men with baseball bats chased a group of students pasting stickers and drawing "Three months, three bridges" stencils, which was an action announcing the blockade of three bridges in Novi Sad, which was planned for Saturday, February 1, exactly three months after the fall canopies of the railway station in Novi Sad.
Due to this protest in Novi Sad, strong police forces were deployed in several locations.
Prime Minister in technical mandate Miloš Vučević previously on Tuesday, during a press conference where he informed the public that he was resigning, admitted that the Batinians were members of the SNS
"This morning when I woke up, got up, I saw this news from Novi Sad, that early this morning there was a physical confrontation in a street where a student, a young woman, was injured and that the conflict started over the fact that someone was again coming to the elderly SNS premises, that he wanted to attack them, he scribbles. That people thought they should defend it, and that verbal conflict of theirs ended in another location," said Vučević, thus admitting that SNS members or activists were behind the attack on the students.
Support from students from Belgrade
Students of Belgrade faculties gathered on Tuesday evening at Studentski trg in support of the attacked students in Novi Sad.
They carried the banners "Belgrade with Novi Sad", "Crime, where is the punishment", "Your hands are bloody", "Heart for Anna", "Your batons will not conduct".
They shouted "Everyone to the streets, they attacked the students", "Silence is enough, the first two three bridges", "We want justice", "Meet the demands" and "You will not beat us".
Students and citizens have blocked the street in front of the Rectorate of the University of Belgrade, and the police are diverting traffic.
Protest in Kraljevo
A protest of students and citizens was held in Kraljevo, which is a reaction to the attacks on students in Novi Sad.
Before the walk, mail was given to those who died in the fall of the canopy of the Railway station in Novi Sad, and students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering were at the head of the column.
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