(24 Mar 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Skopje, North Macedonia – 24 March 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of people marching with banners and signs and chanting
2. Mid of protesters marching and chanting
3. Wide of crowds gathered at protest hold giant banner reading (Macedonian): “The system is next”
4. SOUNDBITE (Macedonian) Milena Janevska, protester: ++STARTS ON SHOT 3 AND PARTIALLY OVCERLAID BY SHOTS 5 TO 9++
"We demand responsibility for the tragedy in Kocani, but also for previous ones. We want everyone involved to answer accordingly. We expect a fair and just process and we cannot do anything from this side while the investigation is underway, so we expect justice and transparency for everyone."
5. Close of protesters holding banner
6. Wide of people holding phones with flashlights switched on during silent protest
7. Mid of silent protest
8. Wide of crowd marching and holding giant banner reading (Macedonian): “The system is next”
9. Various of protesters marching and chanting
10. Pan of silent protest and people holding phones with flashlights switched on
STORYLINE:
Thousands of protesters marched through North Macedonia’s capital Skopje on late Monday to demand greater accountability over a nightclub fire that killed 59 people and injured scores of others.
Demonstrators marched past government offices and parliament and applauded medical staff at a nearby hospital for their response to the tragedy.
The March 16 fire in the eastern town of Kocani broke out during an indoor pyrotechnics display at a live concert at the club, which authorities say lacked basic fire safety measures.
"We demand responsibility for the tragedy in Kocani, but also for previous ones," said Milena Janevska, a protest organizer, as she attended the demonstration.
"We expect justice and transparency for everyone," she added.
Peaceful protests were also held in several other cities throughout the country as the investigation into the tragedy continues to widen.
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