What happened: On 20.03.2024 it was reported to SoI Tetovo that unknown perpetrators placed a national flag of the Republic of Albania on the dome of the “St. Athanasius” church in the monastery complex on the Kale fortress in Tetovo, and a flag with an inscription UCK was displayed on a metal pole at the entrance to the Kale.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the ethnic origin and religious affiliation, with the bias indicators being:
- Ethnicity – the perpetrators are of different ethnicity
- Religious Affiliation – the perpetrators targeted a church in a monastery complex
- Location – the flag and the inscription UCK were placed in the dome of an orthodox church in Tetovo
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 religious groups in society.
Number of victims
-
Number of Perpetrators
3
Status of the case
Perpetrators identified
Type of incident?
Destruction of symbols
Incident location
Religious building
