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Pulse Nightclub Victims' Parents Get No Autopsy Results - Await Court

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Parents of the children who died in the tragedy at the Pulse nightclub in Kochani arrived on Holy Thursday at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Skopje demanding answers about the autopsies and toxicology analyses.

Instead of concrete information, the families received only confirmation that toxicology analyses had been conducted, without any insight into the results. The Institute's director, Aleksandar Stankov, did not receive them personally, and the institution directed them to the prosecution as the sole source of information.

"We came and they explained that everything has been delivered to the Prosecution, that all toxicology analyses have been conducted, and that we will await an expert report presented in court for clarification," said Aleksandar Naunov, a representative of the parents. He added that they received no results from the institution, only confirmation that the analyses exist.

The families had previously held meetings with officials who warned that publishing the findings could compromise the court proceedings. Naunov explained that samples were taken at the time of the children's deaths, but there was no equipment for testing at that point, and now that the analyses are completed, the results have been handed over to the prosecution.

The parents set deadlines for institutional responses and announced they will not back down until they learn the truth about the causes of their children's deaths. This visit is a continuation of months of protests and demands for transparency from the families affected by the tragedy.