Students make 5th demand – investigate use of sonic weapon

“We demand that the authorities conduct a detailed investigation to determine all the circumstances and responsibility for the event that caused fear and panic on March 15, 2025, at 7:11 pm on Kralja Milana Street, during a peaceful protest and the 15 Minutes of Silence in memory of the tragic deaths in Novi Sad,” a statement said.

The demand is the 5th made by the protesting students. The initial demands were focused on accountability for the collapse of the concrete canopy at Novi Sad Railway Station which claimed 16 lives and assaults on students at the start of the protests – the release of all documents covering the reconstruction of the railway station, identifying and processing the people who assaulted the students, throwing out the indictments of arrested protesters and higher budgets for university-level education.

The Students in Blockade statement said the investigation should identify the technology used at the protest and the location at which it originated, establish the legal grounds and the purpose of using the technology and the justification and rationale for its use, identify the initiators and immediately launch proceedings in line with the law and determine how the Internal Affairs Ministry (MUP) will prevent the unreasonable and unjustifiable application of unidentified technology as a means of coercion during peaceful gatherings in future.

“This demand stems from the need to protect the rights of the public to peaceful assembly, which is clearly defined by the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia and the Law on Public Assembly,” it added.