Its authorities are investigating the case or causing him to be a case of corruption at the Kotsani club, Interior Minister Pantche Tuskovski said.
“This company has no legal license. This license, like many other things in the past, is linked to corruption, “the interior minister said during a press conference in Kotsani, the place where the tragedy occurred during a club at a club last night.
More than twenty persons are considered suspicious in the context of the investigation, according to the interior minister. Among them are the two main members of the Hip-Hop DNK band, very popular in northern Macedonia. The band’s concert started at midnight and about three hours later the fire broke out.
The son of the club owner, the manager of the managing company and members of the store security are included in the suspects. The rest of the suspects are hospitalized or included in the dead, according to Pantche Tuskowski.
CGTN Europe has acquired exclusive footage of North Macedonia’s deadly fire. These are the scenes as firefighters tackled the blaze at the Pulse club in Kocani.
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Five prosecutors and fifteen arrests
Local media reports that the discotheque where the concert was taking place was an older carpet warehouse. In fact, it operated with a fake license, was made of cheap materials, and without safety standards.
The information says that it had neither a risk exit nor a fire safety system.
Police have arrested the owner of the building and the organizers of the concert. A total of 15 people have been arrested, including former ministry officials.
Pictures of Chaos in Hospitals
Outside the hospitals in the area there are dramatic moments. Parents of the victims are rushing from the early morning hours, with the anxiety of learning something about their own people, while some collapse on the loser of their child’s loss.
The victims are between 16 and 22 years old and among them a drug prosecution police officer who was there on a mission to find out if trafficking was made. The 20 of the 155 wounded are in critical condition.
Some relatives post pictures with their loved ones on the internet, looking for information.
So far, 60 people have lost their lives, with the authorities having identified 35. Most have trampled on trying to escape, some of the victims are just 14 years old. In total, 155 people have been injured.
Among the dead is one of the singers and two other members of the DNK band. Another musician was taken to the hospital injured.
Pictures of drone show the roof of the building that has been dissolved by the fire.
18 injured in a Thessaloniki hospital
“Following the tragic accident in Northern Macedonia and the telephone communication of Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis with the neighboring country’s foreign minister this morning, with coordinated actions by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health, Civil Protection and EKAB, Greece,”
“The 18 injured will be hospitalized at Papanikolaou Hospital in Thessaloniki and in military hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki. Already at Papanikolaou Hospital, 3 seriously injured 25, 25 and 19 years with extensive burns are being treated, one of which is already undergoing surgery. “
The Tasula Message
The President of the Republic expressed in a condolence message to the President of the Republic of Northern Macedonia Gordana Silianovska-Davkova, the deep condolences of the Greek people and themselves personally for the victims of the untold tragedy in the city.
Mr Tasoulas wished the injured rapid recovery and assured his counterpart that Greece would provide all necessary assistance.
