13-year-old Jessica Memishovska drowned in the Dovezhik pool near Bitola trying to save her 12-year-old cousin, with whom they were bathing together, relatives of the girl tell.
Jessica knew a little to swim, and with them there were other children, all from the Bitola dwelling Karton Maalo, located near the pool.
"They bathed, as my daughter told me. First came Jessica in the water, and after her, my girlfriend, Medina Kamber. When she jumped, she began to sink, drowning. Jessica went down to save her cousin, but she was gone when she was lifted, and my girlfriend pulled it out.
This was also helped by another woman found there, and there were other swimmers. My little girl started to yell 'my cousin is down' and then the water threw off the body of her niece, "said Nehru Kamber, the uncle of the deceased girl.
The pool that is operated by a private concessionaire is not yet open to visitors this season. But the girl's relatives charge that they can enter inside without a problem.
They ask why there was no security and require responsibility for the tragedy. They say while the children were bathing, around there were people who were preparing the ground for the summer season, which means they were not alone.
"They also had other children with them. If anyone prevented them, they would not have been able to get inside. There had to be security, the building had to be well protected, "said Camer Maximid, the girl's uncle.
Strezhevo said that the pool has been issued under concession since the previous management and that after this, they will detail the documentation of the agreement.
