What happened: On April 9, 2023, in SVR Tetovo was reported that during the second half of the football match between the teams of Vardar from Brvenica and Besa from Chelopek, about forty fans and bench players of Besa entered the field and tried to physically confront the referees and the match delegate. The police officers intervened but the perpetrators continued to behave aggressively, after which the match was ended.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the ethnic origin, with the bias indicators being:
- Ethnicity – different ethnic origin of the victims and the perpetrators
- Location – the incident happened at a sports match
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country and the cohabitation among the different ethnic and linguistic groups in society.
