2024-08-26 03:39:32
A person wanted with an international arrest warrant in connection with the invasion of the parliament of the Republic of Northern Macedonia by demonstrators on April 27, 2017, surrendered today at the “Deve Bair” border crossing point on the border with Bulgaria, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Northern Macedonia announced Macedonia, quoted by MIA.
The agency specifies that the person with the initials D.D. (aged 43) from Skopje appeared at the “Deve Bair” border crossing at 10:30 a.m. today in the direction of entering the country.
During the regular passport control, it was established that the person was registered in the stop-list with a measure of “imprisonment” for a crime under Article 313 of the Criminal Code and for which the Basic Criminal Court in Skopje on December 18, 2017 determined a measure for reluctance, after which the person is deprived of liberty, explained the Ministry of the Interior.
The media in the country report that Dejan Davidovski-Desho, wanted with an international warrant for the events in the parliament of April 27, 2017, after seven years of hiding, surrendered to the Macedonian authorities at the “Deve Bair” border crossing when entering the Republic of North Macedonia from Bulgaria , MIA notes.
After the invasion of the parliament on April 27, 2017, Dejan Davidovski fled to Sweden, where he hid for seven years and was wanted with an international warrant, the MKD website states. He was arrested five years ago by Swedish authorities, but then released by the Swedish Supreme Court, which rejected North Macedonia’s extradition request on the grounds that he was being persecuted for political reasons. Davidovski is suspected of a terrorist threat against the constitutional order and security.
On April 27, 2017, a protest in front of the parliament of North Macedonia escalated and protesters stormed the building, BTA recalls. There were beaten and injured MPs, journalists and other employees in the parliament. In North Macedonia they called April 27 “Bloody Thursday”, and 17 people were convicted and are in prison.