What Happened: In the yard of the Tetovo high school “7-mi Mart” occurred a fi ght in which two
19-year-olds from Tetovo were injured. According to the police, seven people were involved, two of
whom were 19-year-olds and fi ve of whom were 18-year-olds, all from Tetovo. At fi rst, the two groups
started a verbal argument that quickly turned into a fi ght and one 19-year-old acquired two stab
wounds in the back, probably from a knife, and his peer ended up with a serious injury on his hand from a hit. Both of them were provided with medical assistance in the Tetovo Clinical Hospital where
the injured with stabs in the back was held for further treatment.
Date, time and location of the incident: 4 March, at 16:00, in the school yard of “7-mi Mart” High
School in Tetovo.
Source of information: Television channel 24 Vesti.
Victim(s) involved: Two persons.
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC), Participation in a fi ght
(Article 132, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Students from the “7-mi Mart” High School
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality and language and bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – due to the different ethnicity of students attending the school in
question, it is possible that the two groups involved are of different ethnicities;
2. Nature of violence – it was a public incident.
Status of the case: Filed criminal charges.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that SIA Tetovo submitted the criminal charges for the criminal
act of “Violence” to the Public Prosecutor’s Offi ce – Tetovo.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
