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Tragedy in Novi Sad

Protest at 18 p.m., SNS branches demolished this morning

November 05, 2024, 13:58 p.m SZ
Photo: 021.rs
Broken windows at the SNS premises in Petrovaradin
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A protest will be held in Novi Sad on Tuesday, November 5, at 18 p.m. due to the accident in which 14 people died at the train station on Friday. In the meantime, several branches of the SNS in Novi Sad were demolished

On Tuesday morning, red paint was thrown at several premises of local committees of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in Novi Sad, and windows were broken in some buildings.

These are the offices of the SNS local committees in Petrovaradin, Veternik, Stražilovska, Kosovska and Rumenačka streets.

As portal 021 reported, in front of the SNS office in Preradovićeva Street in Petrovaradin, two police patrols are conducting an investigation for "damage to other people's property".

The office of the progressives in Podbara, where the window was broken on Monday and "Murderers" was written in red paint, was sprayed with red paint again on Tuesday.

The Novi Sad party committee of the state president Aleksandar Vučić has not yet made an announcement about the accident at the railway station in that city in which 14 people died, nor after the attack on their premises.

Photos from the University campus appeared on social networks showing the messages "Caution, the state is killing".

First "symbolic" activities, then "radicalization"

On Tuesday, November 5, a protest will be held in Novi Sad due to the tragedy in which 14 people died on Friday and three more were seriously injured, when a heavy reinforced concrete canopy fell on them from the railway station building in that city.

As announced, at 18 p.m. citizens will gather near the railway station.

Representatives of the activist group SviĆa announced that symbolic activities are planned for today's protest and added that they will go "into increasingly radical actions".

The holding of the protest was also supported by the united parties Novi Sad opposition.

On Monday evening, activists of the Movement of Free Citizens hung a banner on the City Hall with the words "Your hands are bloody" written in red paint on a large white canvas.

They also hung the same banner on the facade of a building in the central pedestrian Zmaj Jovina street.

Construction Minister Goran Vesić on Monday resigned, although he said that he was "not guilty".

The opposition demands the resignation of the Prime Minister of Serbia, Miloš Vučević, and the Mayor of Novi Sad, Milan Đurić.

Warning from the Novi Sad police

The investigation of the tragedy at the Railway Station will be conducted thoroughly and impartially, and all those responsible will be brought to justice, according to the police professional association "Dr. Rudolph Archibald Rice".

In the press release of the police association, they state that this tragedy left a deep mark on society, and that they understand the need for citizens to express feelings of sadness and pain.

"Today, a protest is being held in Novi Sad in order to express dissatisfaction and ask for answers to the questions that concern the citizens," the association's announcement reads.

They add that they respect the right of citizens to peaceful assembly and free expression of views.

"We call on all protest participants to respect the law, the dignity of all citizens, as well as police officers whose task is to ensure stable public order and peace," emphasized the professional association of the police "Dr. Rudolph Archibald Rice".

The association notes that police officers are there to protect the safety of all participants with their professional engagement, and that they deserve respect and cooperation in order to fulfill their responsibility towards citizens.

They add that the police are there to serve the citizens and will do everything in their power to prevent such tragedies from happening again.

Source: N1, 021

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