00:00Thousands of demonstrators set up street blockades in Serbia,
00:05angry over the arrest of anti-government protesters who clashed with police at a rally the day earlier.
00:14Demonstrators set up metal fences and put garbage containers in various locations across Belgrade,
00:20also blocking a key bridge over the Sava River.
00:23In the city of Novi Sad, protesters reportedly pelted the offices of the ruling populist Serbian Progressive Party with eggs.
00:33Protesters demanded that authorities release dozens of other protesters who were jailed for attacking the police
00:40or for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government at a rally on Saturday in Belgrade.
00:45Those at that rally demanded snap parliamentary elections after months of protests spurred by a deadly train station on a collapse.
00:56Many Serbians blamed the collapse on alleged government corruption and negligence in state infrastructure projects,
01:02leading to the recurring mass protests.
01:05projects discussed
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