Posted on 01/16/2025 7:46:28 AM PST by BenLurkin
A driver rammed his car into a crowd and seriously injured a young woman Thursday during daily student-led protests and traffic blockades that have been held throughout Serbia following the collapse in November of a concrete canopy in the country’s north that killed 15 people.
Police said they detained the driver and that he was being charged with attempted murder. Several such incidents have been reported during the protests since the blockades started, but this was the first case to result in a serious injury.
Traffic blockades have taken place daily since Nov. 1 at 11:52 a.m., the exact time when the canopy at the railway station building in Novi Sad crashed down....
Many in Serbia believe rampant corruption led to sloppy work on the building reconstruction, which was part of a wider railroad project with Chinese state companies.
Vučić has alleged the student-led protests have been “financed” from abroad to topple him from power by force. He has sided with people who are against the daily protests saying their freedom of movement has been jeopardized with the 15-minute blockades of traffic.
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I can’t help but wonder if she was a CIA agent.
God save Serbia, as she celebrates the Nativity Feast!
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