Tag: monster
Macedonia 29.09.24 | 21:56

Former judge Tufegcic says that Zaev’s handling of the Good Friday massacre only brought more trauma to the families of the victims

Former judge Vladimir Tufegcic, who was head of the investigation in the 2012 Good Friday massacre, said that the alleged wiretaps on the case only caused additional suffering to the families of the four killed boys. The massacre was carried on the eve of Good Friday in 2012, by three Albanian islamists,...

Macedonia 20.04.22 | 16:53

Mickoski: We planted 5 trees in the church near Smilkovsko Lake in tribute to the 5 prematurely extinguished lives

VMRO-DPMNE delegation, led by the party president and vice-president Hristijan Mickoski and Vlado Misajlovski, and the mayors of Butel and Gazi Baba, Darko Kostovski and Boban Stefkovski, planted five trees in Smilkovo Lake, in memory of the killed boys and the fisherman in the massacre which happened...

Macedonia 02.04.21 | 17:05

Albanian protesters chanted nationalist slogans while demanding release of the Islamists who carried out the Good Friday massacre

Hundreds of ethnic Albanian protesters chanted nationalist slogans and threats aimed at officials of Zaev’s judiciary during a protest today against the sentencing of the group of Islamists who carried out the 2012 Good Friday massacre. The protests started in Skopje’s Cair district, after the Friday...

Macedonia 25.03.21 | 14:27

Another Albanian protest over the 2012 Good Friday massacre sentencing planned for tomorrow

Albanian organizations plan another protest against the sentencing of the group of islamists who carried out the 2012 Good Friday massacre. The protest begins in Skopje’s Cair district at 13:30h, after the Friday prayers. The crowd will march toward the courthouse and then the Government. Police...

Macedonia 02.03.21 | 18:25

Prosecutors ask that three Albanian protesters are detained after attacking police officers and injuring a journalist on Friday

Prosecutors have requested the court to order detention for three of the protesters who charged police officer lines during the large Albanian protests on Friday. The protests were held against the sentencing of a group of Albanian islamists who carried out the 2012 Good Friday massacre, kiling four...

Macedonia 27.02.21 | 22:41

Albanian opposition parties demand release of detained violent protesters, remind Zaev of his own riots during the Colored Revolution

Two Albanian protesters have been detained after the violent protests in downtown Skopje yesterday. Protesters threw rocks at the police, injuring a dozen officers, while demanding that the sentences of a group of Albanian islamists who carried out the 2012 Good Friday massacre are revoked. Zaev’s...

Macedonia 26.02.21 | 17:18

Protest against “Monster” trial verdict ends

Protesters have retreated after clashing with police in Skopje’s Bit Pazar, which cut their march short so as to prevent incidents, although originally they were supposed to march from Chair municipality, pass in front of the court houses before arriving outside the government to speak to members of...

Macedonia 22.01.21 | 09:57

“Zaev needs to explain his comments about the Good Friday massacre”

The statement by prosecutor Fatime Fetai, confirming there is no new evidence in the trial against the group of Islamists who perpetrated the 2012 Good Friday massacre, has caused a storm in the public. Fetai was once part of the disgraced Special Prosecutor’s Office which initiated the retrial,...

Macedonia 21.02.20 | 17:30

Ahmeti testified that he was worried of protests over the 2012 Good Friday massacre

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti testified today in the 2012 Good Friday massacre trial, in which Albanian Islamists killed four Macedonian boys and one man. The retrial is held former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev insisted that he has additional evidence that will shine a new light on the case – a claim...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 18:37

Ali Ahmeti and Bujar Osmani will testify in the 2012 Good Friday massacre trial

During the hearing in the Good Friday massacre trial today, it was announced that at the next hearing the court will have DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti as a witness. Also invited is Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani, but it’s unclear whether he will be available on Friday, when the next hearing...

Macedonia 19.02.20 | 10:23

First hearing in the 2012 Good Friday massacre trial after Zaev’s shocking testimony

The trial in the 2012 Good Friday massacre resumes today at the Skopje courthouse. It’s the first hearing after the bombshell testimony by former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev two weeks ago, in which Zaev confessed that he lied that he has additional information that would shed a new light on the case. “Zaev...

Macedonia 05.02.20 | 15:53

“Zaev is a monster who knowingly lied about the Good Friday massacre”

VMRO-DPMNE held a press conference today to outline some of the distorting, manipulative statements Zoran Zaev gave with regard to the 2012 Good Friday massacre. Zaev spread conspiracy theories about the killing of four Macedonian boys and one man by a group of Albanian Islamists, promising that he will...

Macedonia 18.12.19 | 22:33

Zekiri: Killers from Smilkovsko Lake are innocent, “Monster” case is staged

SDSM Vice President Muhamed Zekiri spoke Wednesday on the “Samo vistina” show about the Smilkovsko Lake killings, or the “Monster” case in which five innocent young people were killed. According to Zekiri, the “Monster” case is staged, and the suspected killers are...

Macedonia 12.12.19 | 13:24

“Divo Naselje” defendant offered bombs related to “Monster” case to Fetai

Defendant in the “Divo Naselje” case Shefqet Hallaqi sent wiretapping materials to prosecutor Fatime Fetai in June this year in connection with the “Monster” case of the five-time murder near Smilkovsko Lake. Hallaqi called Fetai and told her that he had 140 GB of conversations...

Macedonia 22.10.19 | 16:17

Kosovo Minister says the two Islamist killers will be extradited to Macedonia after years of delay

Kosovo’s Interior Minister Ekrem Mustafa promised that the two killers sentenced for the 2012 Good Friday massacre will eventually be extradited to Macedonia, but only after the required procedures in the Justice Ministry in Kosovo are completed. Kosovo has harbored the two killers, Alil Demiri...

Macedonia 17.09.19 | 17:21

Joveski authorizes Fetai and Bubevski to continue to handle “Monster” case

State Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski has authorized former SPO prosecutors Fatime Fetai and Gavril Bubevski to continue to handle the “Monster” case, MIA has learned from its sources. The trial in the “Monster” case, in which five people were murdered at Smilkovsko Lake, is due to...

Macedonia 26.08.19 | 15:12

Fetai to present “bombs” related to “Monster” case in September

About 38,000 wiretapped conversations and SMS text messages related to the “Monster” case are now in the hands of the court. At Monday’s court hearing in the case of the five-time murder at Smilkovsko Lake, it was agreed that these “bombs” will be presented in court as...

Macedonia 07.03.19 | 18:36

Zaev again refuses to say what “new evidence” he had about the worst Islamist attack in Macedonia

Zoran Zaev avoided giving a direct answer when asked again about the recorded conversations he claimed he has about the 2012 Islamist killing of four Christian Macedonian youngsters and one man near Skopje. As opposition leader, Zaev claimed that he has recordings that shed new light on the case, but...