EIGHT BODIES RECOVERED FROM RUBBLE IN NOVI SAD: Two people urgently taken to hospital!

The canopy at the Novi Sad Railway Station collapsed around noon today. According to initial information, there are dead and injured.

Prime Minister Miloš Vučević and Minister of Police Ivica Dačić addressed the situation from Novi Sad.

Vučević said that this was one of the most difficult days in the post-war history of Novi Sad.

“A great, terrible tragedy for both Novi Sad and all of Serbia. On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and on behalf of all citizens of Serbia, I want to express my condolences to the families of the victims. I want to thank all rescuers, doctors, nurses, and workers of communal enterprises…” said the Prime Minister.

He pointed out that the canopy was built in 1964, and Vučević added that he would insist that those responsible who did not warn about this earlier be found.

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Minister Dačić said that nearly 80 rescuers from several cities are participating in the rescue operation.

“An extremely difficult operation, which will certainly last for several more hours. Eight bodies have been pulled from the rubble. Two people are in the hospital, and they survived, although the condition of one of them is very serious; his leg was amputated,” he said.

Dačić points out that they have contact with two people who are under the rubble.

“I arrived an hour or two ago. There is a woman alive here, and there is a girl in the middle, about 14 years old. We are communicating with them,” said Minister Dačić.

Dačić emphasizes that all the facts and causes of the tragedy will be determined.

“We are now talking about rescue. The rescue operation is ongoing, now we are going to visit the injured in the hospital,” said Minister Dačić.