Marjan Tushevski and his personal driver (Porchko) Kiro Janev (Bambous) were killed on 07.12.2001 in the Taftalidze neighborhood of Skopje. They were killed when they were falling out of the Vitraž bar and heading to their car, it is believed that they were shot from above and most professionally with several bullets fired from a pistol, the two killed died on the spot. The killing is believed to have been ordered and well paid for by a high-ranking political official at the time.