At least eight people killed after roof collapses at a railway station in Serbia. international

Serbia’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Ivica Dacic, said on television that eight people died and two were hospitalized after the roof of a railway station in Serbia’s second city Novi Sad collapsed shortly before noon this Friday. Is presence. Novi Sad mayor Milan Đurić indicated that more than 30 people were injured. Multiple local media reported that, after four hours, rescue workers managed to free the 14-year-old girl from the debris. Shortly after, he rescued a woman.

More than 300 citizens responded to the call of the Blood Transfusion Institute of Vojvodina to donate blood. “This is an extremely difficult rescue operation which will last for many hours. We have around 80 rescue workers and heavy machinery working from different locations,” the interior minister highlighted.

The Serbian government has declared Saturday, 2 November, a day of mourning. Local media show photos of rescue services and heavy machinery working in the area, including two giant excavators.

Railway traffic has been suspended around Novi Sad, about 70 kilometers northwest of the capital Belgrade.

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