Nightclub fire: Protesters vent fury after North Macedonia disaster

People in Kocani blame corruption after 59 people - many of them teenagers - died in a nightclub inferno.

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"Nobody should die like that – nobody," a teenage boy told the BBC. "Those kids, they had a future, they had talents."

The Pulse nightclub was packed with fans watching DNK, a popular hip-hop band, when sparks from flares apparently set a patch of ceiling ablaze.

About 20 people have been detained for questioning over the disaster, including the nightclub owner and some former government ministers.

Many in Kocani believe that corruption had allowed the improvised venue to operate with inadequate safety measures.

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