August 7, 2024

Incident at the football match between Vardar and Eurofarm Pelister

Incident
Causing national, racial or religious hate, discord or intolerance
incidents committed due to ethnicity

What happened: On 09.04.2024 in the Sports Center “Jane Sandanski” in Skopje, where a handball match was played between RK “Vardar” and RK “Eurofarm Pelister”, police officers from SoI Skopje arrested D.T. (30) from the Republic of Slovenia due to an offense committed under the Law on the Prevention of Violence and Indecent Behavior at Sports Competitions.

Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the nationality, with the bias indicators being:

  1. Nationality – different nationality between the involved parties
  2. Time and place – the incident happened at a sports match
  3. 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 groups in society.


Number of victims
3
Number of Perpetrators
-
Status of the case
-
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault)
Incident at the football match between Vardar and Eurofarm Pelister image

Grounds

Nationality