This article was reprinted with permission after being published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad announced on November 21 that 11 people were arrested after being found liable for the deadly , collapse , of a concrete ceiling at the railroad train in Serbia’s second-largest area.
On November 1, the enormous dome collapsed, really hurting two more and killing 15 individuals.
The crash occurred after the railway station, built in 1964, had been renovated twice in recent times by a collaboration of four organizations — China Railway International and China Communications Construction, France’s Egis, and Hungary’s Utiber.
Among those , arrested , are past Design, Transport, and Infrastructure Minister Goran Vesic, and the ex-director of Railway Infrastructure, Jelena Tanaskovic.
They face charges of committing criminal acts against public safety, endangering the people, and unusual design work, the attorney said in a speech, adding that they faced up to 12 years in prison.
Following common demonstrations that escalated into violent protests, which demanded punishment for those responsible for corruption-related violations at the railway station.
In a message on X, Vesic wrote that he had never been arrested, but had “voluntarily responded to the call of the officers soldiers” and “made himself available to police government”.
Vesic, an official from the judgement Serbian Progressive Party,  , resigned , after the incident on November 4 but said he did not accept blame for the crash.
Tomislav Momirovic, who headed the Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure Ministry from 2020 to 2022, submitted his resignation as industry minister on November 20.
Opposition politicians have demanded that the event be handed over to organized-crime prosecutions in response to the detention.
