The prosecution finds out how the tragic case in Kocan, up until now 27 suspected persons

By the prosecution say that all suspects in the period from 2012 to 16,03.2025, jointly but each in terms of their own competencies and responsibilities, have not acted at all in accordance with regulations for safeguards and thus have caused danger to the life and body of people and property at large.

“Zingir of illegal actions and actions of responsible persons and officials has led to the use of pyrotechnic means on March 16, 2025, during the performance of the musical group DNA in “calibre CLUB PULSE” in Kocan, triggering fire in which 59 people lost their lives, including 6 children, and 192 were hurt, among them 25 children. If evidence is provided, the investigation will include other currently unidentified individuals who, while aware that their actions and inactions could result in a harmful consequence, agreed to its appearance and contributed to the catastrophic results”, reports the report. Telegraph, broadcast Periscope.

“Three suspects are represented as responsible persons, co-owners or managers for a certain period of time in the legal person whose subsidiary is the club. The first of them is the tenant of the building where the club, owner and current host of the entire enterprise and business activity are located. The target destined for the light industry, which was located in an industrial area, did not meet the conditions for being transformed into a kabar hotel object, in accordance with the Law for Hotel Events, but throughout the period suspects received illegal licenses and organised hotel services. At the same time, all knew and were aware that the club failed to meet the conditions and means prescribed by law for performing hotel activities”.

“in this context, there is concrete doubt that the first suspect, over the period from 13,02.2024 to 13,02.2025, has directly given a amount of money to an alleged official employed in the Ministry of Economy for performing an official work that was not to be carried out and thus, without issuing a pre-lawed document for conducting official activities. Because of this, to employees in the Ministry of Economy, procedure has been filed for “bribery” by Article 357 of the Criminal Code.

One of the suspects is the owner and manager of the suspected legal person from Kocani, who in 2010 acted at the request of the suspect owner and prepared the basic project for it as a condition for the start of work and the completion of the hotel event Kabare, even though she knew there were no legal conditions for the object to be transformed from the category of light industry factories into the facility's carrying out Kabare hotel activities. The owner has consistently used this illegal project in the period 2012-2023 in support of the demand for licenses to conduct hotel activity. In 2023, he addressed suspects to make corrections to the basic project, and it without conducting checks in the country had illegally changed legal persons to the basic project, thus enabling them to hand over license requirements”, the prosecution's announcement said.

They also stress that from the Ministry of Economy, suspects so far are a former minister, as well as a former state secretary, a sector chief, a department chief and a new associate, who are currently working in the ministry but at other leadership positions.

All of them, failing to carry out their official duties that were enforced by law, have failed to comply with regulations and technical regulations for safeguard clauses and in some cases have given license to the suspected legal person, who has failed to meet the conditions and means set for the performance of hotel activity, to carry out hotel activities ♫ kabare”.

“S Director of State Market Inspectorate and three official inspectors, even though they were obliged to perform inspection surveillance, have not carried out their official duties, and in the period from 09.01.2020 to 16,03.2025, at any moment have checked the judicial person's functioning to determine if there were valid licenses, if he has met technical requirements to advance the license requirements outlined in accordance with the law, thus enabling him to maintain a fair office. P ULSE illegally continues to perform hotel activities”.

The three alleged heads of the Kocan municipality in the period between 2012 and 16,03.2025, as well as two suspected former directors of the Directorate for Protection and Rescue, have failed to fulfill their legal obligations in accordance with the Law for Protection and Salvation, thus enabling the Cabree P ULSE, contrary to the law, will continue to predict other actions for carrying out conditions for carrying out the conditions of the law. For all that time, the municipality has received payment based on compensation for a hotel facility. Regarding the activity of the State Market Inspectorate and the Directorate for Protection and Salvation, the MPB continues to conduct inspections aimed at obtaining all shortcomings throughout the operation period of club”.

On March 16, 2025, one of the suspects -- a person responsible at the club -- literally organised a contract-free performance concert signed with the band DNK and, together with alleged directors and members of the Agency for Security, aware that the capacity and conditions in the facility did not allow it, allowed access to 650 visitors, out of them at least 31 children. One of the suspects has sold tickets without checking the number and age of guests who have been allowed to participate, contrary to the Law for hotel activities, allowing minors to enter and participate in manifesto”.

“The suspected persons responsible at discotheque and security personnel members have not prevented the introduction of explosive substances DNK, although not having had mandatory permission issued by competent organs for using the pyrotechnic tools for that action, nor have such conditions allowed the use of pyrotechnic tools”.

“Even a member of the band allegedly introduced and used the pyrotechnic material. It is alleged that around 2:32 p.m., within the performance and effect of the stage, members of the group have activated the perotechnic fountain that has blown sparks toward the ceiling above the scene, which has immediately lit the roof of the object and fire has spread across the entire”.

“Linked to security failures, suspected are the owner and manager of the security company from Skopje, the authorised philial person in Kocan, three workers and a person who was not employed in the company, but did specific tasks for that company. They all performed physical security jobs without any preliminary assessment of security and security, without controlling the conditions of fire protection and fire risk, as well as other security conditions, especially in terms of risks and evacuation opportunities. During the critical evening, they have not checked and allowed children to enter the facility, have not cared for the overcrowding of visitors' capacity in the facility, and have not prevented the access and use of the pirotechnics that have caused fire and tragedy at”, the prosecution says.

They also stress that all suspects have been secured. Kocani's prosecution, taking into account the burden of the criminal offence he is charged with and all other circumstances, calls for the detention measure for all suspects except for three people who are hospitalised. /Periscope/