Ljupco Palevski, the prime suspect in the case of the murder of Vanja Gjorcevska (14) and Pance Zezovski (74), has been extradited to North Macedonia from Turkiye.
The Ministry of Interior confirmed that, in cooperation with Turkish authorities, Palevski was transported from Istanbul to Skopje with a commercial flight and landed in Skopje around 07:30 p.m., and he was immediately taken over by police officers, who took him to the Sutka Prison in Skopje.
Justice Minister Krenar Lloga extended gratitude to the Turkish authorities over the cooperation for the extradition of Palevski.
“We inform the public that police officers from the Interior the Ministry’s Department for International Police Cooperation, in cooperation with the Turkish authorities, successfully completed the process for extradition of Ljupco Palevski (59) to Skopje, upon the request of the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Skopje, under suspicion for kidnapping and murder.
Justice Minister Krenar Lloga extends gratitude to the Turkish authorities, especially his Turkish Counterpart, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc, for the successful cooperation and conducting the extradition procedure in a rather short period of time,” the Justice Ministry wrote in a press release.