North Macedonia’s Public Prosecutor Ljupco Kocevski said five prosecutors are investigating the tragedy.
“At this moment, the most important thing is to determine all the facts and what happened,” Toskovski said, expressing condolences to the families of the victims, who were mainly young people.
“This company does not have a legal license for work,” Toshkovski said. “This license, as many other things in Macedonia in the past, is connected with bribery and corruption,” he said.
Family members gathered in front of hospitals and Kocani’s city offices begging authorities for more information. Some of the injured were sent to hospitals in neighboring Greece, while others will be transferred to Bulgaria. More than 20 are in critical condition.
Some 1,500 people attended the performance by DNK, a well-known hip-hop duo in North Macedonia.
Following the tragedy, North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski cancelled a trip to Montenegro where he was to attend a European People’s Party meeting.