Serbia’s construction minister resigned after 14 people were crushed to death last week by a falling canopy at a railway station that was rebuilt by European and Chinese firms two years ago.

Several thousand took to the streets in Belgrade, demanding resignations and arrests of top officials over the deaths of 14 at a railway station.

Nine people have been detained after unrest that erupted during a protest over last week’s deadly roof collapse in a northern Serbian city that killed 14 people and injured three.

Thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Serbian government building on Monday demanding arrests of those responsible for an accident at a railway station in the northern town of Novi Sad in which 14 people were killed.

In Belgrade, thousands of people gathered on Monday in front of the Serbian government headquarters, demanding the resignation of its members after the tragic death of 14 people in a dangerous incident at the construction site of the railway station in Novi Sad.

By Tatyana Kekic in Belgrade Thousands of Serbs took to the streets of Belgrade on November 11, rallying under the banner 'Corruption Kills' following the deadly collapse of a train station canopy in Novi Sad that claimed the lives of 14 people.

Several thousand people demonstrated on Monday evening in Belgrade to call for the resignation of Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic following a fatal train station roof collapse.