Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Belgrade on Friday stood in silence in front of the state television RTS building for 15 minutes to commemorate victims of a railway station roof collapse for which they blame Serbian authorities.

The student-led protests forced businesses throughout Serbia to shut their doors, including many schools as teachers' unions backed the call to strike. As well as Belgrade and Novi Sad, protest marches also took place in the southern city of Nis and smaller cities,