‘s public prosecutor on Monday indicted 13 people, including former Transport Minister Goran Vesic, in connection with a fatal railway roof collapse in November.
Fifteen people were killed in the incident, which took place at the entrance of a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad.
, with students and opposition supporters taking to the streets to demand justice.
Suspicion of ‘a serious offense against general safety’
“The indictment was brought … due to justified suspicion that they have committed a serious offense against general safety, … caused general danger … and (for) irregular and improper construction works,” the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad said in a statement.
The indictment has to be confirmed by a court to become valid.
The prosecutor called for the suspects to be detained pending the proceedings against them.
What happened at Novi Sad station?
On November 1, a hanging section of the roof crumbled and fell on bystanders at the busy station in Serbia’s second-largest city.
The station had been under renovation on and off for 11 years, with a consortium of Chinese, French, and Hungarian companies responsible for the construction.
Vesic resigned three days later and sought to position himself as a witness rather than a guilty party, denying any wrongdoing.
The lack of arrests or apologies prompted weeks of angry protests, with tens of thousands of residents talking to the streets.
kb/nm (AP, AFP)
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