The protests began after an attack on drama students on January 24 by pro-government thugs during a daily 15-minute commemoration for victims of a deadly overhang collapse in November that killed 15 people.

Students march from Belgrade to Novi Sad are demanding accountability for a deadly awning collapse in a train station in November which killed 15 people. View on euronews

They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer, or 50 mile, march toward the northern city of Novi Sad.

Hundreds of Serbian students march from Belgrade to Novi Sad in an anti-government protest:: January 30, 2025:: Belgrade, Serbia:: The protests were triggered by a railway station roof collapse that killed 15 people:: Tanasije Milanovic,

Thousands of students blocked traffic at Autokomanda, one of Belgrade's busiest intersections, for 24 hours to protest the Serbian government's failure to prosecute those responsible for the collapse of a concrete canopy at the main railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad in November.

Hundreds of students set off on a protest march of some 90 kilometers from Belgrade to the northern city of Novi Sad on January 30. The demonstrations come amid months of anti-government protests following a deadly infrastructure collapse in Novi Sad in November 2024.

By Tatyana Kekic in Belgrade Hundreds of students in Serbia began their two-day march from the capital Belgrade to Novi Sad on January 30, a journey of approximately 80 kilometers, as the country remains gripped by political turmoil following a deadly infrastructure collapse in Novi Sad late last year.