In November 2024, a series of protests began in Serbia following the collapse of the concrete canopy of the Novi Sad train station, which killed 16 people. These protest were peaceful at first, but there have been also incidents that happened. Some of those incidents include the following:
On January 16th, 2025, during a 15-minute blockade in Belgrade, which was held for the victims of the Novi Sad tragedy, a car drove through a group of students, carrying a student on the car roof for several meters without stopping. She was hospitalized and the driver was arrested and charged with attempted murder.
The following day, on January 17th, an elderly man with a pocket knife attempted to attack the students protesting at the Medical Faculty in Novi Sad, however the good thing is that they were able to take the knife from his hands him.
On January 28th, students in Novi Sad were attacked by masked individuals with baseball bats at the offices of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party. Students were hospitalized and one of them suffered a dislocated jaw. This only intensified the protests, leading to the resignations of the Prime Minister, Miloš Vučević, and the Mayor of Novi Sad, Milan Đurić, both on the same day.
What an awful world we live in, so pleased to have discovered the joy of painting! Really like the way you have done their jackets.
Looks like it is the same everywhere: if you are attacking young people blocking the streets to protest for change you are probably on the wrong side of history.
Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwucwMBuU0s&t=90s
On December 10th, 2024, during a 15-minute blockage in Belgrade, while students were paying respects to lives lost in a tragedy, a man physically attacked one of the students. He was soon arrested and charged with assault. The footage was caught on camera and this photo later became one of the iconic photos of these protests.
The original photo was taken during one of the blockades in Belgrade, which are also known as "Zastani, Srbijo" (English:"Serbia, stop"). They're held at 11:52 AM, the time of the collapse, and held for 16 minutes to symbolize those who died. It's the opposite of "Srbija ne sme da stane" (English: "Serbia must not stop"), a group led by SNS.
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What is the reference photograph here?