The concrete canopy that ran along the front of the railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad collapsed suddenly on Friday, landing on people who were sitting on benches or passing through the building’s entrance.
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00:00Protesters in Belgrade have demanded the arrest of officials just days after a concrete canopy
00:07collapsed at a railway station, killing 14 people and injuring three.
00:12Police formed a cordon outside the Ministry of Construction and Infrastructure as several
00:16thousand people called for ranking government ministers, including the prime minister, to
00:21step down.
00:22The concrete canopy that ran along the front of the railway station in the northern city
00:35of Novi Sad collapsed suddenly on Friday.
00:38Fourteen people were killed, including a six-year-old girl.
00:42The three injured, who were between 18 and 24 years old, all had to have limbs amputated.
00:47The train station has been renovated twice in recent years, and critics of Serbia's government
00:52attributed the disaster to rampant corruption, lack of transparency and sloppy renovations.
00:59Serbia's government has promised a thorough investigation, with prosecutors saying they've
01:03already questioned more than two dozen people.
01:06But critics believe that justice is unlikely to be served with the government in control
01:10of the judicial system and the police.