Protesters have thrown flares and red paint at the City Hall building in the Serbian city of Novi Sad in rage over last week’s collapse of a concrete canopy at the railway station that killed 14 people.

Following the deadly collapse of a train station canopy in Serbia, thousands of people took to the streets to demand the resignation of top officials, accusing them of poor management. Protesters gathered in front of the station in Novi Sad and observed a minute of silence while organisers read the names of the 14 victims.

Serbia wound up a rescue operation and opened an investigation on Saturday into a roof collapse at a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad that killed 14 people and injured three others.

Angry protesters have left red handprints in front of government buildings in the Serbian capital to demand the arrest of officials, two days after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station, killing 14 people and injuring three.

Thousands of Serbian opposition backers rallied on Tuesday in the northwestern city of Nov Sad in a violent protest over a deadly accident at a local railway station, for which they blame negligence and corruption by the government.