On Saturday, around 140,000 people rallied in central Belgrade, the latest gathering in over half a year of demonstrations triggered by the collapse of a train station roof in the city of Novi Sad in November, killing 16 people in a disaster widely blamed on shoddy construction resulting from entrenched corruption.
At the key Autokomanda junction, protesters were setting up tents preparing to stay overnight, according to an AFP photographer.
Local media and videos posted by protesters showed large crowds streaming onto major bridges, and students forming barriers from bins and fences.
Earlier on Sunday, President Aleksandar Vucic remained defiant against protesters' demands for early elections, accusing the student-led movement of causing "terror"
'Not a moment for withdrawal’
Authorities said 48 officers had been injured, one seriously, and put the crowd size at 36,000 -- well below an independent estimate by the Archive of Public Gatherings of around 140,000.
Ahead of Sunday's blockades, eight people were arrested on accusations including planning to block roads and attack state institutions "in order to violently change the state order", the Higher Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.
"This is not a moment for withdrawal," protest organisers said on Instagram, encouraging people to gather outside the prosecutors' office and demand their release.
He said there would be "no negotiations with terrorists and those who want to destroy the state".
Ahead of Saturday's protest, organisers had issued an "ultimatum" for Vucic to call elections -- a demand he had dismissed well before the rally began.
The outcry over the Novi Sad disaster has already led to the resignation of the country's prime minister and a cabinet reshuffle.
More than a dozen people have been arrested in recent weeks, a crackdown that has now become routine ahead of large demonstrations.
"The authorities had all the time to meet the demands and prevent an escalation," the organisers said in a statement.
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