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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Konstantin Testorides

Thousands protest ahead of trial over deadliest fire in North Macedonia’s history

Thousands of people took to the streets of North Macedonia's capital on Saturday demanding justice for the victims of a nightclub fire — the deadliest blaze in the country's history — ahead of the trial next week of the club owner and others.

The March 16 fire and the ensuing stampede killed 63 people, most of them young revelers, and injured more than 200. It was sparked by a pyrotechnic flame that engulfed the roof of the crowded Pulse club in the eastern town of Kocani.

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