Author: KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 12:22:25
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North Macedonia’s youth has been at the forefront of an outpouring of grief and anger. Most of the victims — the 59 killed and dozens injured in a frantic escape — were in their late teens or early 20s. The tragedy also exposed deep-seated frustrations among them. At one vigil this week in Kocani, a town of about 25,000 people, students dressed in black knelt silently, placing thin yellow candles in trays of sand. Nearby, angry youths began chanting “Justice! Justice!” overturned a van as police stood by without stepping in. The Associated Press could not contact their parents for permission to use their full names.
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