Seven suspects in Kocani’s fire go to house arrest

At seven of the 24 people, suspected of the fire in Kocani, the measure of effective detention is replaced by a house arrest measure – according to the Kocani Basic Court.

-After the submitted proposals for the detention of detention and on the basis of an order for investigative procedure as no.180/25 of 20.03.2025 of the BPPO Kocani, a pre-trial judge specified a total of 24-two-four measures to secure the presence- Three suspects, and further on the proceedings following a proposal by BPPO Kocani to replace the detention measure with house arrest for 4-four suspects, a house arrest measure was given-a statement said on the court’s website.

To all suspects on the proposals for determining the presence of the order for conducting an investigation as no.180/25 of 20.03.2025 by the BPPO Kocani, a proposal was submitted to continue these measures to the Basic Court Kocani and after such proposals for resuming measures.

-After the proposals submitted to determine measures to secure the presence and on the basis of an order to expand the investigation for new persons as No.180/25 of 12.04.2025 of the BPPO Kocani, to the 19th ninth suspects of whom the 4-four suspects were proposed by the detention Measure house arrest, the same pre-trial judge was set against these 8-eight suspects, while a 7-seven suspects were proposed and with a pre-trial solution to the suspects-the Os Kocani said in a statement.

Following the suspects’ appeals, the Council of the Basic Court Kocani acts on them within the legally prescribed deadline and when decisions of this Council will be made, the court will again make a statement on the outcome of the Council of Art. 25 paragraph 5 of the LCP.

According to part of the media, among those who have been replaced with house arrest, are the ex -mayor of Kocani Ljupco Papazov and former Director of SMI Goran Trajkovski, as well as a member of the Pulse disco security.