Police action to detain persons in connection with the Kocani Fire Procedure

Police teams are underway on the order of the Kocani Basic Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the fire process at the Pulse Club. According to preliminary information, the former mayors of Kocani, Nikolco Iliev and Ratko Dimitrovski and the resignation Mayor Ljupco Papazov were detained.

The Public Prosecutor's Office announced tonight that the action to detain people suspected of involvement would last overnight, and more information announced after the action ended tomorrow.

Ljupco Papazov was hearing at the Prosecutor at the BPPO Kocani on March 17, and the prosecution announced after his interrogation that a decision would be made on his further status in the proceedings.

– The mayor who gave certain clarifications and knowledge was carried out. Such a statement is compared to the evidence and responsibilities of the municipality, after which a decision will be made on its further status in the proceedings- the prosecution informed after Papazov's interrogation.

Dimitrovski was the mayor of Kocani for the period 2009-2017, while Iliev in the period 2017-2021.