SKOPJE (Reuters) -More than 30 people accused of public safety offences over the deaths of 63 people in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia in March went on trial on Wednesday.

The blaze was triggered by flares lit during a hip hop performance that set fire to the ceiling of the packed Pulse club in Kocani, which authorities said did not have a proper licence or sufficient fire exits or extinguishers.

The dead were mostly young and the incident has triggered widespread marches in the Balkan country calling for justice. Some 170 other people were injured.

On Wednesday the suspects were brought in handcuffs from jail to the courtroom in the capital Skopje. Dozens of family members of the victims attended the trial.

“We will have respect for the grief and pain of the relatives of the vict

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