The police at Northern Macedonia He proceeded today (12.04.2025) to arrest 23 more for involvement in the illegal operation of the nightclub club In the city of Kotsani, a place of tragedy with 61 dead.
Early in the morning of March 16 at Kotsani’s nightclub in northern Macedonia the fire broke out where 61 people, mostly young people, lost their lives and about 200 were injured.
In the past, the country’s police had arrested 33 people who were temporarily detained.
Among those arrested today is Three former Ministers of Economy (of which one is the ambassador of Northern Macedonia to Norway) and NYN and former head of Civil Protection Directorate. The last one is today Portfolio ministerresponsible for integrating and implementing the strategy for the inclusion of Roma 2022 – 2030.
The detainees were brought before the investigator to Kotsani, who will decide on their temporary detention or not.
The three former Ministers of Economy arrested today come from the ranks of the largest and opposition Albanian DUI party in northern Macedonia, whose lead Ali Ahmeti.
From the ranks of this party comes another former finance minister of the country, who was arrested in the first few days after the tragic incident in Kotsani. All the country’s finance ministers were essentially arrested since 2012 when the nightclub was operating, but not today’swho assumed his duties in June 2024 and comes from the ranks of the co -host Albanian coalition “Vlen” (worth).
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Death toll up to 59
Arrest warrants out for 4 people connected with blaze59 DEAD & over 100 injured in night club fire tragedy says North Macedonia’s Interior Minister
Blaze extinguished by firefighters#Cottages #North_Macedonia#Club_Pulse pic.twitter.com/bBHnEnT9d7— World News (@ferozwala) March 16, 2025
The Ministry of Economy issues operating licenses for the operation of health stores. The Club “Pulse” in Kotsani In which the fire broke out, it operated with a falsified license, but with a genuine seal of the Ministry of Economy.
‘Unprecedented attack on Albanians’
His party Ali AhmetiCommenting on his arrests of members, he spoke of “unprecedented attack on Albanians” in Northern Macedonia, charging the country’s prime minister as responsible. Christian Mitskoskiand the Minister of the Interior, with the aim of, as the party said, the dismissal of responsibilities for the incident in the nightclub and the marginalization of the Albanian element in the country.
The DUI He added that “it will take all necessary steps to prevent this attack on the Albanians from continuing and to secure justice for the Albanian people in the country.”
Ali Ahmeti’s party participated in all the Coalition Governments of the country all previous 20 years.
In the last parliamentary elections held in Northern Macedonia in May 2024, the Vlen coalition occupied 14 seats, while the coalition under Ali Ahmeti’s DUI party secured 18 seats.
However, the Prime Minister of the country and leader of the VMRO-DPMNE right-wing party, Christian Mitskoskihe chose as his partner in the government from the Albanian political block the coalition COUNTSclaiming that the DUIthat all the previous 20 years participated in the country’s coalition governments had turned into “regime” and consisted of synonym of extensive corruption in the country.