A large number of tractors are parked around Pioneer Park in downtown Belgrade, where members of the "Students 2.0" association have been camping since March 6, demanding an end to the suspension of student blockades of faculties.
Several dozen tractors were parked on the night between March 13 and 14. Some were parked on the sidewalk, and some on the roadway. Some of the tractors had Kikinda license plates.
Days earlier, videos and photos of trucks transporting tractors from different parts of Serbia were shared on social media. One video from Kragujevac shows a truck with the Belgrade City emblem on the door and no license plates transporting several tractors.
Students who have been blocking faculties for three and a half months have, ahead of the protest scheduled for March 15, appealed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) to remove the "tent settlement" from Pioneer Park by March 14 and prevent its re-establishment by March 16.
They asked the Ministry of Interior, if the "tent settlement" is not removed, to ensure the highest level of security in the form of a police cordon between the "tent settlement" and the participants of the rally on March 15th.
On March 13, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić asked students in Pionirski Park to go home on Saturday and return the next day.
The students in the blockade, among other things, are seeking criminal and political responsibility for the deaths of 15 people in the collapse of a canopy at the Novi Sad Railway Station on November 1, 2024. They were supported by some educators who suspended classes, lawyers, and some farmers and cultural workers.
Mass protests and blockades have so far been held in Novi Sad, Kragujevac and Niš.
Meanwhile, a group calling itself "Students 2.0" has emerged, having been camped out in Pioneer Park since March 6. They call themselves "students who want to learn" and are demanding an end to the blockades.
They have so far been supported by veterans of the controversial Special Operations Unit (JSO), convicted war criminal Vladimir Lazarević, and former Gendarmerie commander Goran Radosavljević Guri, who has been linked to the murder of the Bytyqi brothers, for which the State Department has banned him from entering the United States of America (USA).
Students opposing the blockades were also supported by Pavle Bihali, leader of the extreme right-wing movement "Leviathan", and Miša Vacić from the ultra-right Serbian Right.
Part of the public accused the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of being behind the organization of the protest, which some of those gathered in the park denied.
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