The Minister of Internal Affairs in North Macedonia, Oliver Spasovski , held a statement to the media on Tuesday evening where he announced the arrest in Turkey of Ljupço Palevski , the author of the murder of 14-year-old Vanja Gjorčevska .
During his statement, he was also asked about the way the 14-year-old girl was executed , where he discovered that the wound that brought her death was caused by a firearm .
"The exact decision of the autopsy will tell the details, however it is a bullet wound", said the Minister of Internal Affairs.
Regarding the crime weapon, he said that two weapons were found in Skopje , which must be checked to determine if any of them were used in the murder of the 14-year-old.
The minister also confirmed that the police found the mobile phone of the deceased who disappeared on November 27 and was found without signs of life on December 3 .
The suspect in the murder of the 14-year-old is her father, who helped the kidnappers in order to obtain monetary sums from the victim's mother.
The head of the group, Lupço Palevski , is a well-known character in North Macedonia , as he is the leader of a pro-Russian movement .
According to the prosecutor of the case, Gavril Bubevski , the reason for the murder of 74-year-old Pançe Zhezhovski was carried out by the same group for material benefits.
According to him, the robbers needed a car to kidnap the 14-year-old, and for this reason they kidnapped and killed the elderly. The other arrested citizens are Vlatko Kekishov , Velibor Manev and Bore Videvski .