Man from Bitola reported missing; last contact from Shtip
Zlate Durgutovski was last heard from on Friday, 21 August at about 19:05; his family asks anyone with information to call.
A resident of Bitola, Zlate Durgutovski, has been missing since Friday, 21 August, when he was last seen at about 19:05. Family members say they have been unable to locate him since that evening.
According to his wife, Durgutovski left the house without his phone or money, and the family has been urgently trying to find out where he might be.
On Sunday evening the family received information that he might be in Shtip and that he was suffering from an injured or immobilized leg and needed help arranging transport back to Bitola. The following day he phoned and asked his wife to come pick him up together with their two young children.
Attempts to reach him have failed since Tuesday
Because of severe financial difficulties, lack of funds for transport and accommodation, and care responsibilities for the two small children, his wife was unable to travel to Shtip. From Tuesday onward he did not answer his phone again, and the family says it is now desperate.
"We are desperately asking him only to call so we can arrange transport and bring him home. The two small children are waiting for him," the wife says in an appeal.
The family urges any citizens who may have seen Durgutovski in Shtip, nearby settlements, villages, or another town to contact the police or help reestablish contact. If someone reaches him, they ask that he be allowed to call 078/550-521 so the family can organise transport and safely return him to Bitola.
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