Five more suspects arrested for attack on Zijadin Sela

The Constitutional Public Prosecutor Skopje expanded the investigation and arrested five people for the attack on Albanian MP Zijadin Sela, which occurred during the violence in the Republic of Macedonia Assembly on April 27th of this year.

“In terms of procedure carried out at the Constitutional Public Prosecution in Skopje for events in the Republic of Macedonia Assembly of April 27th and the attack on Zijadin Sela, the competent public prosecutor issued an order to expand the investigation for five more people for attempted criminal acts committed in co-operation, by Article 123 related to Article 19 and with Article 22 of the Penal Code<1>, the Skopje Prosecutor, Alsat reports.

The five people, as the prosecution emphasises, are deprived of freedom at the request of the competent public prosecutor during the conduct of the raid on their homes. During the day, the prosecution will take action to prove the facts to others.

So, The PTHP on 10 May filed an investigation into two persons -- the father and son -- for whom it has been confirmed that they have participated in the attack on Silas on April 27th. Both were assigned detention measures.