Kreshnik Bekteshi summoned for an informational interview at the police station
Former Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi has been summoned to a police station for questioning tonight in connection with last night's fire at a nightclub in Kocani. The Ministry of Interior confirmed this to MIA.
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Minister of Interior Pance Toshkovski previously informed that the Ministry of Interior, in coordination with the Public Prosecutor's Office, has so far suspected more than 20 people in connection with this event, 15 of whom are in police custody.
Some of the suspects in causing this criminal event are deceased, some are in hospital.
– Some of the detained persons who are currently in the police station are people who are directly responsible for this event, according to the evidence collected so far. One person has been detained, who is the organizer of the event and whom we suspect is one of those who are directly responsible. Also detained are a former state secretary of the Ministry of Economy, a former head of a sector in the Ministry of Economy, a former director of the Directorate for Protection and Rescue and three employees within the directorate, Toshkovski said.
Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski informed at a press conference today that the first steps were immediately taken to deal with the consequences, and currently there is information that the facility where the accident occurred has a forged license, which was issued in March 2024 for bribery. It is a document, said Mickoski, for the operation of a cabaret, which was issued illegally, with the original seal of the Ministry of Economy and the signature of the then officials of the same ministry. According to him, there are many questions here that the investigation will answer.
– Hence, in all this that is happening to us and has happened to us, first of all there must be criminal responsibility for everyone involved, regardless of which institution they are from, at what level, from which party, from which profession, etc., etc. to the last one. Expect when it comes to responsibility, that there will be no mercy. There will have to be responsibility with a name and surname. In a surgically precise action by the institutions. Without mercy, he announced.
According to initial information from the Ministry of Interior, there were around 500 people in last night's fire at a disco in Kocani, with 59 dead and 155 injured. Relatives and friends of the deceased are opposing this decision and spontaneously blocked the entrance to the hospital.
