Macedonians Mark Anniversary of Fatal Police Beating

Thousands of people gathered on Thursday evening on Skopje's main Macedonia square, where 21-year-old Martin Neskovski was beaten to death on June 6, 2011, when the ruling VMRO DPMNE party was celebrating its election victory. 

The protesters covered the square with giant red slogans like "You cannot hide murder, nor wash blood from your hands", "Justice for Martin, Freedom for All" and "Murderers".

They also dyed the water in the square's fountains red and threw red paint balls at giant pictures of former prime minister and VMRO DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski and his former interior minister Gordana Jankuloska.

For nearly two days after Neskovski's murder in 2011, the police denied the incident had happened but then changed their story amid growing protests, confirming the victim's identity and claiming they had the murder suspect in custody. 

Igor Spasov, a member of a special police unit called the Tigers, was later sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Officials insisted that Spasov was not on duty at the time and so the police were not legally responsible for the murder.

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