Skopje, 5 December 2023 (MIA) - Ljupcho Palevski, the prime suspect in the murders of Vanja Gjorchevska and Panche Zhezhovski, travelled to Turkey via Serbia and Bulgaria, and was arrested in Balikesir based on an Interpol arrest warrant.

Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski described the trajectory of Palevski's journey at a press conference late on Tuesday.

Palevski departed for Serbia together with his lawyer, who left him in a hotel. On the next day, another person from Skopje picked him up and took him to Bulgaria through the Gradina border crossing. Afterwards, he entered Turkey and ended up in Balikesir.

"Our services from the center for international police cooperation communicated with the Turkish counterparts, who told us that the person was located in Balikesir and wanted to leave for Istanbul. A taxi driver was used as decoy regarding his trip to Istanbul but he in fact returned to Balikesir. The Turkish police arrested him late this afternoon while on foot at one of the highways in the area," said Spasovski.

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