Her principles Northern Macedonia are investigating the case The fire that caused the deaths of at least 59 people in Kotsani’s club Being a case of corruption, Interior Minister Pantche Toscovski said.

“This company did not have a legal license. This license, like many other things in the past, is linked to corruption, “the interior minister said during a press conference in Kotsani, the place where the tragedy occurred during a concert at a club last night.

More than twenty persons are considered suspicious in the context of the investigation, according to the interior minister. Among them are the two main members of the Hip-Hop DNK band, very popular in northern Macedonia. The band’s concert started at midnight. About three hours later the fire broke out.

The son of the club owner, the manager of the managing company and members of the store security are included in the suspects.

About fifteen people have been arrested among them officials of the Ministry of Economy. The rest of the suspects are hospitalized or included in the dead, according to Pantche Tuskovski

It is noted that five prosecutors will undertake the investigation into the long -term fire, as announced earlier today by North Makeonian Attorney General Luppso Kotsevski. “At the moment, orders have been issued to collect evidence“And deposits are taken from some people, Kochevsky said, without giving more clarifications.