A woman rubbed a car in a crowd of anti -government protesters in the capital of Serbia and injured one of them on Friday, police said, a student -led strike closed businesses and demonstrations across the country. Draw thousands of people for.
The nationwide protest took place on the same day when President Alexander Person held a big afternoon rally with thousands of supporters in the central city Jagodina, his alliance stronghold, to fight continuously anti -government protests, who almost to power for power Have challenged. three months.
Person told his supporters that the government has “attacked both outside and inside” by anti -government protests.
“It is not accidental that he has attacked Serbia from abroad,” said, “pointing to Serbia -friendly relations with Russia and China, and refused to ban Moscow Baikas of war in Ukraine.
He said, “This is what they want to crush, but we should not allow it. This is our strength.”
Call for conversation
Vucic called for a dialogue with striking students who have gained extensive support from all areas of life in Serbia, as well as weakening popular support for their party. Students have rejected negotiations on their demands with Vucic.
The protesters have blocked daily traffic in Serbia to protest the death of 15 people killed in November collapse of a train station canopy, blaming government corruption by critics.
The government denies the blame for deaths.
Police in Belgrade said they expanded the 24 -year -old driver, who entered a crowd of protesters in a part of the city called New Belgrade. The injured victim, a 26 -year -old woman who was hospitalized; His condition was stable.
A similar incident occurred last week during a blockade in Belgrade, when a car injured the protesting students, seriously injured a young woman.
In Serbia, the man believes that a huge concrete canopy fell down at a train station in the northern city Novi Sad due to the work of sloppy reconstruction, which resulted in corruption as a result of corruption.
Wucques have been the largest since coming to power over a decade ago for the protests of the week seeking accountability for the accident. He has faced allegations of curbing democratic freedom despite formally taking up the European Union membership for Serbia.
It was not immediately possible to determine how people and the company joined the student’s call for one day general on Friday. They included restaurants, bar, theater, bakers, shops and bookstore.
“Let’s take freedom in our hands,” the students told the citizens in their strike call.
At his rally in Jagodina, the viewer announced the formation of a nationwide political movement in the march in the style of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s united Russian movement to help ensure the dominance of its right -wing Serbian Progressive Party.
“You all welcome all major changes and future movements,” the person said. Hey that the movement will include people who are not members of any political party.
“We need new energy,” Vucic said.
Foreign impact
The President and the mainstream media of the country have accused the students of working under the orders of foreign intelligence services to overthrow the officials, while the pro-government thugs have repeatedly attacked the opposing citizens.
On Friday, a 15 -minute traffic blockade started at 11:52 am, which was an exact time for the canopy collapse in Novi Sad.
Serbian universities have been blocked for two months with several schools. A lawyer association has gone on strike, but it is not clear how people stay away from work in institutions to run state on Friday.
The protest March was held on Friday in Belgrade, Novi Sad, southern city NIS and other small cities – even in Jagodina before the arrival of the personnel.
“Things can still not remain the same,” actor Gorn Suchaljik told the N1 regional television. “Students have offered us the possibility of change.”
Serbia prosecutors have files against 13 people for the collapse of the canopy, including a government minister and several state officials. But designer construction minister, Goraran Vesic, has been released from detection, doubting the freedom of investigation.
The main railway station in Novi Sad was renovated twice in recent years, which was part of the infrastructure deal with Chinese state companies.
