{"id":77419,"date":"2025-03-25T21:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T20:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=77419"},"modified":"2025-03-25T22:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:04:51","slug":"wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Wife and Daughter of Ko\u010dani Nightclub Owner Arrested Following Deadly Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"353\">Police in North Macedonia have arrested the wife and daughter of <em data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"169\">Dejan Jovanov Deko<\/em>, owner of the \u201cPuls\u201d nightclub in Ko\u010dani, where a devastating fire claimed the lives of 59 people. Authorities have also confiscated five mobile phones during the arrests.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"711\">In addition to their detention, police conducted searches of another property owned by Jovanov and entered the offices of the State Market Inspectorate in Ko\u010dani for investigation. The nightclub owner himself is currently receiving treatment at a hospital in Lithuania, one of four individuals transferred there due to serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"1075\">So far, 34 individuals have been identified as suspects in the investigation, with 27 people and three legal entities formally under criminal investigation. Charges include &#8220;serious offenses against public safety&#8221; and &#8220;causing general danger.&#8221; The investigation is being led by a team of 11 prosecutors from Skopje, Ko\u010dani, and Shtip.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1472\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The tragic incident occurred in the early hours of March 16, when over 650 people, mostly young partygoers, were inside \u201cPuls\u201d nightclub enjoying a performance by the popular band DNK. A sudden blaze broke out during the show, leading to one of the deadliest nightclub fires in the region\u2019s history. Over 190 people were injured, with several still in critical condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in North Macedonia have arrested the wife and daughter of Dejan Jovanov Deko, owner of the \u201cPuls\u201d nightclub in Ko\u010dani, where a devastating fire claimed the lives of 59 people. Authorities have also confiscated five mobile phones during the arrests. In addition to their detention, police conducted searches of another property owned by Jovanov [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":77420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1803,164],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wife and Daughter of Ko\u010dani Nightclub Owner Arrested Following Deadly Fire - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wife and Daughter of Ko\u010dani Nightclub Owner Arrested Following Deadly Fire - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police in North Macedonia have arrested the wife and daughter of Dejan Jovanov Deko, owner of the \u201cPuls\u201d nightclub in Ko\u010dani, where a devastating fire claimed the lives of 59 people. Authorities have also confiscated five mobile phones during the arrests. In addition to their detention, police conducted searches of another property owned by Jovanov [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T20:33:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T21:04:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zjarr-RMV.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"839\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"Wife and Daughter of Ko\u010dani Nightclub Owner Arrested Following Deadly Fire\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-25T20:33:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T21:04:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/\"},\"wordCount\":211,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zjarr-RMV.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"kryesore 1\",\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest news\",\"North Macedonia\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/\",\"name\":\"Wife and Daughter of Ko\u010dani Nightclub Owner Arrested Following Deadly Fire - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zjarr-RMV.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-25T20:33:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T21:04:51+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zjarr-RMV.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zjarr-RMV.jpg\",\"width\":839,\"height\":550},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wife and Daughter of Ko\u010dani Nightclub Owner Arrested Following Deadly Fire\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"description\":\"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":33,\"caption\":\"Euronews Albania\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\",\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wife and Daughter of Ko\u010dani Nightclub Owner Arrested Following Deadly Fire - Euronews Albania","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wife and Daughter of Ko\u010dani Nightclub Owner Arrested Following Deadly Fire - Euronews Albania","og_description":"Police in North Macedonia have arrested the wife and daughter of Dejan Jovanov Deko, owner of the \u201cPuls\u201d nightclub in Ko\u010dani, where a devastating fire claimed the lives of 59 people. Authorities have also confiscated five mobile phones during the arrests. In addition to their detention, police conducted searches of another property owned by Jovanov [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2025-03-25T20:33:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-25T21:04:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":839,"height":550,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zjarr-RMV.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"Wife and Daughter of Ko\u010dani Nightclub Owner Arrested Following Deadly Fire","datePublished":"2025-03-25T20:33:10+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-25T21:04:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/"},"wordCount":211,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zjarr-RMV.jpg","keywords":["kryesore 1","Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["Latest news","North Macedonia"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/","name":"Wife and Daughter of Ko\u010dani Nightclub Owner Arrested Following Deadly Fire - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zjarr-RMV.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-25T20:33:10+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-25T21:04:51+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zjarr-RMV.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zjarr-RMV.jpg","width":839,"height":550},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wife-and-daughter-of-kocani-nightclub-owner-arrested-following-deadly-fire\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wife and Daughter of Ko\u010dani Nightclub Owner Arrested Following Deadly Fire"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","name":"Euronews Albania","description":"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization","name":"Euronews Albania","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","width":280,"height":33,"caption":"Euronews Albania"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f","name":"Nen Si","sameAs":["http:\/\/euronews.al\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77421,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77419\/revisions\/77421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}