A glimpse of the largest protest in Serbian history happening right now in Belgrade.

[Dr Strangelove]

After the canopy of a recently renovated train station fell and killed 15 people in November, the anti corruption student led protests in Serbia are reaching its culmination with the biggest one in Belgrade in Serbia's entire history. Current estimates put a number at around 800,000 people (out of 6.6 million).

Few days ago, the ruling party attempted to fool the public by installing their own fake 40 year old students (ćaci) in the park in front of the Parliament building, in a pathetic attempt to show that they still have support. These people are paid to be there, of course from our money. Many of them have been recognised by their neighbours as low level bureaucrats in their municipalities, always part of the ruling SNS party.

The government tried to stop people from coming by obstructing the railway transport with a convenient false bomb threat. They also stopped all intercity public transport, including even the buses from privately owned firms by threatening them.

This morning, the day of the protest, as expected, they stopped all of Belgrade's public transport, leaving many people without a way to even get to work.

In spite of all this, the people have gathered in numbers surpassing every other protest in Serbia by a large margin. Current estimates are placing the number at more than 800,000 people, and the mass is still gathering. The whole city is at a complete standstill, crowds are everywhere. For comparison, the protest of 2000 when Slobodan Milošević was overthrown counted roughly 100,000 people. The total population of Belgrade is around 1.5 million.

We're fighting for justice, nothing more, nothing less. 13 years of corruption and poor management which culminated in the deaths of 15 innocent people just waiting for their train brought us to this historical moment. The will of the people will prevail! This can no longer be stopped!

Thanks for all your support, Europe!

[Dr Strangelove]

[Dr Strangelove]

[Dr Strangelove]

Following widespread protests, the government of Serbia and Prime Minister Miloš Vučević have stepped down

[al_keda]

Nice.