Nightclub nightmare: North Macedonia plunges into mourning, death toll set to rise

Health minister says 20 of the injured in critical condition

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KOCANI: As families gathered outside a hospital for updates, Tomco Stojanov had already been given the devastating news.

His 25-year-old son, Andrej, had been killed Sunday in a nightclub fire that left dozens dead, many trampled during a desperate bid to escape.

"Thank you for your condolences, but my pain is incurable. The wound is incurable," Stojanov said, holding up a photograph of his son, clean shaven and wearing a suit jacket. "He died while returning and entering to save other people. And he was pushed, run over, that's how my son died."