Zimbabwe News Update
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A sea of people flowed along the roads leading up to Novi Sad railway station.They came in their tens of thousands to remember the 16 people who died there this time last year, on another unseasonably warm and sunny autumn day.The victims were standing or sitting underneath a concrete canopy at the recently-renovated facility, when it collapsed. The two youngest were just six years old, the oldest, 77.Regular protests have rocked Serbia in the 12 months that have followed. But on Saturday morning, the huge crowd participated in an event that put the emphasis on quiet commemoration.At 11:52 (10:52 GMT), the time of the disaster, they observed a silence for 16 minutes – one for each of the victims. Family members cried.
One woman needed to be physically supported by men wearing the red berets of armed forces veterans.After the silence, relatives laid flowers at the front of the station.The rubble of the collapsed canopy has been cleared away, but otherwise the building appears to have remained untouched since the disaster.Twisted metal protruding from the walls and broken glass still offer evidence of the catastrophe.
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