<x0) - All that happened in Kocan, North Macedonia so far

In the early hours of the morning of March 16th, after a large fire at a discotheque in Kocan remained dead at least 59 people, while hundreds of people who were placed in Skopje, Staff and Kocan hospitals have been injured.

Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski stated moments ago that the number of victims from the tragedy in Kocan has gone to 59, while the number of injured has increased to 155.

According to Toshkovski among the victims is another policeman, reports AlsatM, broadcast Periscope.

By 11:30, according to the information we have, 59 people have changed their lives, 35 of them have been identified, from identified, 31 are from Kocan, 4 from Staff. The number of those injured according to information I received at about 12 o'clock is 155 people, the same are in many hospitals in the country”, Toshkovski said.

According to Macedonian Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski, a decision has been issued to ban four people suspected.

According to the health minister, Arben Taravari has hundreds of injured people, of whom there are also in critical condition. “So far there are 148 patients who are under care in hospitals in Macedonia. 18 are in critical condition.

Chief Prosecutor Ljupco Kocevski said orders are being issued for collecting materials that will help the investigation. Five prosecutors are engaged in the investigative team, according to him. “can guarantee that the prosecution will make a quick investigation, engage experts from all fields, to see the causes of even”, Kocevski said.

Cocanan Hospital Director Kristina Serafimova has been declared to the media after the early morning tragedy at the Kocan discotheque.

About 70 patients were immediately brought to the hospital, while there were among them those who had already changed my life. We as a hospital, as medical teams have been mobilised all to help you and we've taken the necessary medication, so from 20 patients as we currently have them, are in more stable condition, as the most serious cases are headed for Skopje and Stip”, said Principal Serafimova.

After the fire erupted last night at the “Puls” in Kocan where he was performing the DNA group, singer Vedomir Blazev Pancho's got burns on his face and his hand and he's in support of oxygen, informed the artist's family.

The first information is that the site where fatal youth parties were organized has not had security conditions and has not been adequate for accepting so many people, it is said, out of 1500-700 persons.

According to initial findings, fire was triggered by firefly/species used for scenical visual effects, which ignited the section of the roof of the fire-fired material” timber beams”.

Maria Taseva, 20, also spoke, present at the discotheque that you said, “Everyone started running out. Everyone was trying to escape. My sister's missing. We can't find her in any hospital. Now we wait here to see if we will, if not, eventually in Skopje. Going out, I fell to the ground and others walked on me, just on my cheek, I was”, Taseva said.

While awaiting the second conference, Interior Minister Panche Toskovski informed that so far the number of victims from the tragedy at the Cocan nightclub has reached 59, while the injured at 155. Among the victims, there is also a police official who has been in charge of uncovering drugs and minors at the nightclub on an unfortunate night.

The Ministry of Social Policy, Demography and Youth, in collaboration with the Intercommunal Centres for Social Affairs in Kocan and Stip, have made professional teams available for crisis intervention, assistance and psychosocial support for families of the deceased and the injured.

These teams, composed of psychologists, social workers and other professionals, are willing to provide immediate and long-term support to all who are facing the pain and consequences of this serious case. ” is said to be reporting the Ministry of Social Policy.

Late in the afternoon it was confirmed that among the victims in Kocan's tragedy there are five members of the band DNK. Filip Stefanovski, Gjorgi Gjorgiev, Sara Projkovska and Andrej Gjorgievski 4 members of the band DNK, as well as Photo of the Aleksandar Efremov group, lost their lives in last night's tragedy at discotheque PULS in Kocan. News has made group members aware The DNK, who recently published pictures of their members.

The Skopje Club football player also lost his life in this tragic event. It's about Andrey Lazarrov. From the Skopje club on the Facebook social network writes that this is a huge loss for club and team friends, while adding that their friend has lost his life fighting to save people who were trying to escape at the time of the fire.

The object burned in Kocan according to Cadastra's public data has a total space of about 360 square metres in a parcel of 970 square metres. The paper, according to the Cadastra Agency data, is identified in the name of Millkovski Andon Grozdan, however, is not known whether the name that actually figures is also the owner of the facility. From available data, the object had two entrances, one key, while one that the staff and the V persons used was using. IP. Our information indicates that the club worked with forged licenses, which held the former state secretary's signature in the Ministry of Economy, Razmena Cekic Durovic. The state secretary's function, Durovic, has been exercising during the time that Kreshnik Bekteshi led the ministry.

At another conference, Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said today that the license for the night club's work, where tragedy took place with bribery and corruption, and that according to him, there will be responsibilities. Minister Toshkovski, also said that in co-ordination with the Public Prosecution, there are more than 20 people suspected about the Kocan event.

Among those arrested, the former state secretary of the economy ministry is one of the detained in connection with the tragedy in Kocan. It's Razmina Cekic from LSDM, who, according to Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski, has forged the license for work and the license granted last year has expired, but the same has signed forged licenses.

Alsat learns that at the Karpos police station in Skopje, former Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi is also being questioned. This is about giving illegal licenses to the object in question. Interior Minister Panche Toskovski previously informed the MPB in co-ordination with the Public Prosecutor so far of this event are suspected of over 20 people, of whom 15 are at the police station.

Late in the afternoon, the Government has launched today's session with a minute of silence to honor those who suffered tragic loss after the burning of discotheque in Kocan. At today's extraordinary government session, following the tragic event in the municipality of Kocan, where 59 people lost their lives and 155 people suffered serious injuries, the government decided to declare 7 days of mourning nationwide. Also, at the Government session, the decision was made to force the State Market Inspectorate to conduct extraordinary control in hotel facilities (night clubs, discotheques and discotheques) on the territory of the Republic of Northern Macedonia and immediately announce the Government for inspection arrangements in the next three days, to determine whether they are in line with the conditions.

Meanwhile in a direct link from Kocani, Alsat journalist Zekirija Haxhiu, has indicated that all the victims' bodies from the burned discotheque in Kocan have already been withdrawn.

The situation became even more serious when the victims ' families were waiting to receive information about their loved ones, since official figures for 59 deaths have been given, but family members still do not know whether they have their loved ones alive or not. And they want me to pull them out. Later, the situation escalated even more when family members continued to stay at the Kocan Hospital Court, demanding that their relatives (victims) not be sent to exhibit.

The situation was not even easier at the other hospital, where about 115 patients are being treated in local clinics, 22 patients have already arrived at clinics abroad, while 6 are on a trip to reach recovery abroad, while 47 patients are scheduled to be sent abroad.

Several media proposals of state leaders followed in the evening. The first was President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, who said she knows and feels that we are not alone in this tragedy. She said, in addition, that she must be responsible for this tragedy until she stressed that nothing is more important than a young man's life.

I know and I feel that we are not alone. Everyone - not just the neighbors but the most distant places - was warned. The worst injured are in Sofia, Istanbul, Greece, Serbia to receive higher medical care. We will be eternally grateful for this help”, Siljanovska-Davidkova said, and stressed that no one should escape responsibility and must not evade law and justice.

“Joining forces, never sacrificing for individual benefit again, nothing is more valuable than the life of a young man”, the president said

“I am broken and my soul is broken”, with these words Prime Minister Hristian Mickoski began his speech after the tragedy in Kocan. “There will be steps and decisions that the public is not used to. But the changes start with us”, Prime Minister Hristian Mickoski said in his pre- opinion speech today.

I am determined and will act decisively. I don't want this story politicizing, that someone is trying to convince another party of responsibility. This is not an interparty battle, this is a battle of the honest against the unsavory”, Mickoski said.

In the coming days we will take a series of measures that will mean many, in the fight for this country and on behalf of all victims of this tragedy and their families”, Mickoski said.

Skopje hotels offer free access to families of people injured by the fire in Kocan.

Families of the injured and victims can stay and relax for free at hotels on the territory of the city of Skopje. Supports for the families of victims and injured persons have also emerged from other state institutions, from the Ministry of Education and Science, said that even dormitories in the city of Skopje will be at the service of family members affected by Kocan's tragedy.

Many citizens have gathered in the center of Staff, thus holding a stand for 59 people who lost their lives in discotheque, which was engulfed by the fire in Kocan, writes Alsat. Citizens have also lit candles in memory of these victims, and several photos have been placed.

First Deputy Prime Minister Izet Mlzit through a post in his Facebook profile has announced the deployment of flowers at Skenderbeu Square in Skopje, honouring victims from the tragedy in Kocan.

“Stte, in Skenderbeu Square, we placed flowers in honour of the lives of the victims in Kocan tragedy. Together, we share the pain and solidify each other. Tonight, we speak in different languages, but we mourn and grieve over our youths and our young ones who were unjustly lost. Our prayers and our thoughts are with the families of the victims and the injured. They're not alone in this pain! We're together! ”, writes Medzit in FB.