Protesters in Serbia throw paint in anger over deadly canopy collapse

Protesters person thrown flares and reddish overgarment astatine nan City Hall building successful nan Serbian metropolis of Novi Sad successful rage complete past week’s illness of a actual canopy astatine nan railway position that killed 14 people

NOVI SAD, Serbia -- Protesters threw flares and reddish overgarment connected nan City Hall building successful nan Serbian metropolis of Novi Sad successful rage complete past week's illness of a actual canopy astatine nan railway position that killed 14 people. Police responded by firing tear state canisters.

The protesters surrounded nan building successful cardinal Novi Sad, smearing it pinch overgarment and throwing bottles and different objects contempt calls by organizers to stay calm. Special constabulary troops were deployed wrong nan building.

Thousands first marched done nan metropolis streets demanding that apical officials measurement down because of nan fatal outer tile illness past Friday, including nan autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Milos Vucevic.

The protesters first gathered extracurricular nan railway position wherever they held a infinitesimal of soundlessness for nan victims arsenic organizers publication their names. The crowd responded by chanting: “arrest nan gang” and “thieves.”