Thousands of young people took to streets across Serbia on Friday, after student protest organisers called for a general strike over the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November. Thousands of young people,

The general strike takes place all across Serbia. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Belgrade on January 24, demanding justice for the victims and accountability for the collapse of a reconstructed concrete canopy at Novi Sad central railway station that killed 15 people.

"General strike" is a term that is being heard increasingly often and loudly at student protests, where university faculties across Serbia have been under blockade for two months. On 20 January, thousands of people chanted the slogan at a joint gathering of some educators and students in central Belgrade.

The call for a strike comes amid mounting public outrage and near-daily protests following the collapse of a newly restored train station roof in Novi Sad in November. The incident killed 15 people an

Students call for a general strike as they stop traffic during a protest to commemorate the 15 victims killed after a railway concrete canopy fell in November and to demand

Student organisers in Serbia called for a general strike this week, according to an announcement Wednesday, in the latest move to increase pressure on

The student-led protests forced businesses throughout Serbia to shut their doors, including many schools as teachers' unions backed the call to strike. As well as Belgrade and Novi Sad, protest marches also took place in the southern city of Nis and smaller cities,

The blockades took place in various cities to commemorate the victims of the canopy collapse in Novi Sad last year.