Students from the universities of Belgrade and Novi Sad paid tribute to those killed in the collapse of a canopy on November 1st last year with a fifteen-minute silence in front of the Novi Sad Railway Station.
Belgrade students arrived in Novi Sad tonight after a two-day protest march.
On the way to the train station in that city, they are greeted with applause by thousands of citizens.
At the head of the column are student guards carrying wreaths with the names of the 15 people who died in the collapse of the railway station canopy in Novi Sad.
At the Duga Bridge, Belgrade students were welcomed by their colleagues from the University of Novi Sad, from where they will walk together through the central streets to the Railway Station, where they will pay tribute to the victims.
After that, students from Belgrade will go to campus where they will sleep overnight at the faculties that are under blockade. Novi Sad students have prepared dormitories for them in the halls.
On February 1st, students from Belgrade will join their colleagues in blocking three bridges over the Danube River.
In this way, they will mark three months since the death of 15 people in the collapse of the concrete canopy of the Railway Station.
A group of students who had set off from Belgrade by bicycle had previously arrived in Novi Sad, and were met by Novi Sad cyclists in front of the train station.
Students who were walking to Novi Sad spent the night outdoors in Inđija, about 40 kilometers from Belgrade, and then continued their journey in the morning.
The march route was secured by student guards and police.
The convoy was accompanied by an ambulance and a water tanker.
The students took a break in several cities on their way to Novi Sad.
The locals welcomed them with refreshments and food.
The accident in Novi Sad triggered a wave of mass protests across Serbia, bringing tens of thousands of people onto the streets.
For the past two months, protests have been led by students who have blockaded dozens of state universities, and the key demand is to establish the criminal and political responsibility of the authorities for the accident in Novi Sad.
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