{"id":5021,"date":"2025-03-17T19:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/17\/crowds-call-for-justice-for-59-killed-in-north-macedonia-nightclub-fire\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:35:56","slug":"crowds-call-for-justice-for-59-killed-in-north-macedonia-nightclub-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/17\/crowds-call-for-justice-for-59-killed-in-north-macedonia-nightclub-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowds call for justice for 59 killed in North Macedonia nightclub fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1264361\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XM2RLNIMKBMTJNKKK7GHZTDTLA-320x200.jpg?v=1742236819\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XM2RLNIMKBMTJNKKK7GHZTDTLA.jpg?v=1742236819\" alt=\"Crowds call for justice for 59 killed in North Macedonia nightclub fire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XM2RLNIMKBMTJNKKK7GHZTDTLA-960x600.jpg?v=1742236819\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>People shout slogans during a protest following a fire at the Pulse nightclub that resulted in dozens of deaths, in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia, Monday. [Alexandros Avramidis\/Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Sporadic violence broke out in North Macedonia as thousands of people demanded justice for 59 people killed in a nightclub blaze and called for an end to the corruption that they say was behind the country\u2019s worst disaster in years.<\/p>\n<p>The fire broke out during a hip hop concert in the town of Kocani at around 3 a.m. on Sunday when sparks from flares set a patch of ceiling alight. Hundreds of people scrambled for the unlicensed venue\u2019s only exit as flames spread across the roof.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has shattered the town of 25,000 people, 80 kilometers east of the capital Skopje. Bulldozers and workers with shovels dug a line of fresh graves in the town\u2019s cemetery on Monday. People with missing loved ones queued outside the hospital to give DNA samples in case their relatives were not immediately identifiable.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that the Pulse nightclub\u2019s license was illegally obtained and that the venue lacked fire extinguishers and emergency exits. More than 150 people were injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want everyone who helped this place carry on with its business to be jailed,\u201d said 16-year-old Jovan, who said he lost a friend in the fire. \u201cWe need change because this is a corrupt country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jovan joined thousands of others in a quiet protest in Kocani\u2019s central square on Monday. People hugged and cried as they lined up to light candles for the dead and write messages of condolence.<\/p>\n<p>Some held placards that read: \u201cWe are not dying from accidents; we are dying from corruption\u201d and \u201cEverything is legal here if you have connections.\u201d Hundreds more held a vigil in central Skopje.<\/p>\n<p>Violence broke out briefly when a group of people used rocks to smash out the windows of a pub that three protesters said was run by the same person who owned Pulse.<\/p>\n<p>Later hundreds of people descended on the mayor\u2019s home, throwing rocks and smashing windows. Next door, a family who had lost a relative in the fire looked on in tears. 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