Belgrade: A student was wounded in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Thursday after a car drove through a crowd of protestors blocking a road to demand accountability over the fatal collapse of a train station roof last year.
Serbia has been hit by regular protests for months after a roof at a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad collapsed on November 1, killing 15 people, following recent restoration work.
The largely student-led protests frequently block roads across the country.
Footage of Thursday's incident was widely shared on social media and showed a car driving along a sidewalk and striking a protester, who was carried by the vehicle for several metres before falling off.
It was not immediately clear whether the driver had intentionally hit the student.
Prosecutors in Belgrade said the driver was suspected of committing "aggravated attempted murder" and was being questioned by authorities after fleeing the scene, according to a statement.
The wounded student, 20, was hospitalised and was in a "stable condition", according to broadcaster RTS.
Public outrage over the tragedy in Novi Sad has sparked nationwide protests, with many blaming the deaths on corruption and inadequate oversight of construction projects.
Months after the incident, tensions remain high with violence breaking out at some protests, with students accusing pro-government football hooligans of targeting demonstrations.
