(17 Mar 2025)
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Kocani North Macedonia – 17 March 2025
1. Pan from crowd to people kicking and hitting vehicle believed to belong to owners of the nightclub where fatal fire occurred, people then push vehicle over on to its side
2. People throwing rocks at company doors
3. Close of damaged window
4. Wide of people gathered
5. People walking past vehicle on its side
6. Wide of crowd walking
STORYLINE:
As anger spreads in the North Macedonian town of Kocani following a nightclub inferno which killed 59 people over the weekend, a group of people were seen damaging a vehicle and the entrance to a building believed to belong to the owners of the club.
North Macedonia is grappling with the loss of dozens of young lives in Sunday’s blaze and trying to hold those responsible to account and prevent another calamity.
Fire tore through the overcrowded Club Pulse during a live concert, leaving 59 people dead and more than 150 injured from burns, smoke inhalation and being trampled in the panicked rush toward the building’s single exit.
Authorities were investigating allegations of bribery surrounding the fire in the nightclub, which was crammed with young revellers and at double capacity.
Kocani’s mayor resigned Monday over the emerging scandal.
The latest in a string of deadly nightclub fires around the world, Sunday’s tragedy shook this nation of 2 million, where close-knit extended family bonds made the disaster personal to many.
Clubgoers as young as 16 were among the casualties, and the nation declared seven days of mourning.
Bribes to authorities to skip licensing requirements and skirt safety regulations are commonplace in North Macedonia, practices that have caught the attention of Western governments.
The European Union has repeatedly expressed concerns over pervasive corruption in the country, identifying it as a major obstacle to the country’s accession to the bloc.
AP video shot by: Eldar Emric
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