Foul Play Ruled Out in Crash of Leader’s Plane
Weather, human error or technical failure may have caused Thursday’s air crash that killed Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski in Bosnia, but foul play can be ruled out, Macedonian deputy public prosecutor Roksanda Krstevska said.
Officials said they would wait for investigators to finish their work before setting a date for elections to choose a successor.
The government set up a panel to work on meeting a requirement that the vote be held in 40 days. Parliament Speaker Ljubco Jordanovski has been named interim acting president.
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