US EditionEx-ministers charged as probe into deadly club fire broadens
- North Macedonia authorities have expanded the investigation into a nightclub fire that killed 61 people to include former ministers and officials.
- Nineteen individuals face criminal charges for 'serious crimes against public security' according to the interior ministry.
- The charges include a former director of the protection and rescue directorate and the current minister without portfolio.
- The public prosecutor's office stated that these individuals 'did not act at all in line with the regulations on protection measures.
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The expanded investigation into the fire at the Pulse disco in Kočani includes, among others, the current Minister without Portfolio Bekim Nezeiri, as well as the country's former ministers, Baljon Saracini and Driton Kuci.
The investigation concerns the fire that occurred on 16 March during a hip-hop concert in a nightclub in Kocani (East), which also caused nearly 200 injuries.
Ministers, officials, companies: The prosecutor's office in northern Macedonia has expanded their suspects after the fire at the nightclub.
Authorities in North Macedonia announced on Saturday that they had expanded the investigation into the fire at a disco that killed 61 people, including former ministers and civil servants, AFP reports.
The fire occurred on March 16 during a hip-hop concert in a Kocani settlement. Nineteen people, including former ministers, are being prosecuted for "serious breaches of public security".
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