Nine people have been detained after unrest that erupted during a protest over last week’s deadly roof collapse in a northern Serbian city that killed 14 people and injured three.

By Tatyana Kekic in Belgrade Thousands of people took to the streets of Novi Sad on November 5, demanding accountability from Serbian officials after a tragic canopy collapse at the city’s railway station killed 14 people and seriously injured three others.

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Eight people were killed and two hospitalised on Friday when part of the roof of a railway station in the Serbian town of Novi Sad collapsed, interior minister Ivica Dacic said in a televised statement.

Protesters have thrown flares and red paint at the City Hall building in the Serbian city of Novi Sad in rage over last week’s collapse of a concrete canopy at the railway station that killed 14 people.

So far, the fatalities number 14 with three survivors who were severely injured, and at least two who had to have limbs amputated.

Police in Serbia respond with tear gas when protesters throw paint in anger over canopy collapse that killed 14 people

Serbia’s construction minister resigned after 14 people were crushed to death last week by a falling canopy at a railway station that was rebuilt by European and Chinese firms two years ago.

Protesters on Tuesday threw flares and red paint on the City Hall building in the Serbian city of Novi Sad in rage over last week's collapse of a concrete canopy at the railway station that killed 14 people.