Skopje, 16 March 2025 (MIA) — Andrej Gjorgieski, one of the lead singers of the Macedonian hip-hop band DNK, is among the confirmed dead in the Kochani nightclub fire that broke out Sunday around 2:30 am. The band's photographer Aleksandar Efremov, backing singer Sara Projkovska, drummer Gjorgji Gjorgiev and keyboard player Filip Stevanovski also died in the fire.

Stevanovski was also the current director of Shtip's Aco Shopov Cultural Center, and Projkovska taught piano accompaniment at the state university's Faculty of Music Arts.

"Our Sara, full of love, life and music, a lioness and a sweetheart," the Faculty of Music Arts said in a Facebook post confirming her death and expressing disbelief and sorrow. 

Other friends and colleagues have also turned to social media platforms to express their grief and pay their last respects to the band members. mr/