Skopje, 5 January 2024 (MIA) - A police interview with a person identified by the initials B.N. is underway by order of the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in connection with Thursday's attack on M-NAV employees, the Ministry of Interior said Friday.  

On Thursday, the Ministry said that an employee of the national air navigation service provider M-NAV, together with several other unindentified persons, physically attacked three other M-NAV employees. 

"Today, Jan. 4, 2024, around 3:15 pm, a member of the M-NAV staff reported to the Petrovec Police Station that there had been a violation of public order and peace in the building," the release said.

The release added that an employee identified by the initials B.N., together with several unindentified persons, had physically attacked P.B., E.K. and B.R., also employees of M-NAV.

In a press release late Thursday, the Ministry said that four people involved in the attack of employees of the national air navigation service provider M-NAV were called in for a police interview to be followed by appropriate measures in coordination with the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office, adding that search is underway for another four people in connection with the attack. 

The Public Prosecutor's Office said Friday that activities are being taken to clear up the case, and the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office is expecting the Ministry of Interior to issue criminal charges.

The attack happened after Trade Union of Air Traffic Controllers leader Aleksandar Tasevski's press conference earlier on Thursday. He had said that twenty to thirty air traffic controllers and their assistants working for M-NAV would start resigning from their management positions in response to the latest job announcement in this institution.

The Government said Thursday that at its next session, scheduled for Jan. 9, it will discuss ways to resolve the situation in the national air navigation service provider M-NAV. Proposed solutions include dismissing all managers and management board members, the Government said in a press release.

In addition, the Trade Union of Air Traffic Controllers announced a strike by closing the airspace from January 10, unless in the meantime the three directors of the national air navigation service provider M-NAV resign or are dismissed by the Government as announced after Thursday's attack on M-NAV employees.

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