Lawyer shot dead in front of shopping mall in North Macedonia: First photo from the scene

Photo: Sloboden pecat/Metodi Zdravev

North Macedonia police are looking for a person suspected of being involved in a murder outside the Mavrovka shopping center in Skopje.

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According to some media reports, the lawyer, V.E., was the victim. The police have already detained two people, while a third is being searched for.

Sloboden Pecat reports that the victim was killed in front of her husband.

The lawyer was riddled with bullets in the parking lot, and allegedly the killers then took several items from his car, including a laptop.

"The police immediately took the necessary measures and blocked off a part of the town. A search of several locations and vehicle inspections followed, and special police units, helicopters and drones were involved in the operation. One vehicle was spotted in the municipality of Cair, which tried to escape and the passengers resisted and used firearms. One person was arrested," the police said.

As they stressed, another person was arrested in the meantime.

"The identity of the third suspect who is on the run is known," the police said.

At the moment, the motive for the murder is unknown.

(Telegraf.rs/Photo: Sloboden Pecat)