The Interior Ministry has not yet determined the identity of the murderers of the five fishermen killed near the artificial lake at Smilkovci last Thursday, although speculations appeared Wednesday that the police identified those who committed the crime. Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska said there were certain preliminary leads concerning the perpetrators and their motive, which, however, cannot be disclosed in the interest of the investigation, Dnevnik reports.

“We have certain preliminary information we are working with at the moment. We have certain leads also with regard to the number of the perpetrators but that is also information that we would not share with the public considering that suggesting any numbers may indicate to the perpetrators we are on the right track,” Minister Jankuloska said.

She dismissed all speculations that the murderers or their associates had been caught.