Skopje Criminal Court

Macedonia Shootout Suspects Want Politicians to Testify

Lawyers for 37 defendants accused of participating in the shootout with police that left 18 people dead in the northern Macedonian town of Kumanovo want a retired police general who is now head of the small opposition Dignity party, Stojance Angelov, and the head of the junior party in the country's ruling coalition, Democratic Union for Integration chief Ali Ahmeti, to appear as witnesses.

Macedonia Opposition Calls Court Ruling a Trap

The Social Democrats' vice-president, Radmila Shekerinska, said Monday's ruling of the Skopje Criminal Court, which said tapes provided by the opposition cannot be used as evidence in court, was a provocation aimed at forcing them to quit talks on the EU-brokered crisis deal signed in June.

She said Macdonia's main ruling party was the real actor behind the court decision.

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