What happened: Offensive cheering songs which are on the repertoire of the “Balisti” supporter group
and which are chanted at every match against Vardar, also found their way to their celebration: “Kaur pussies”
and “Macedonian girls, a real bitch”, resounded on the streets of Tetovo.
Date, time and location of the incident: 21 May, in the evening hours, Tetovo.
Source of information: electronic media outlet mkd.mk.
Victim(s) involved: none.
Type of crime(s): Inciting Hatred, Discord or Intolerance on National, Racial, Religious and other
Discriminatory Grounds (Article 319, CC)
Perpetrator(s): unknown perpetrator(s).
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Pattern of previous incidents – such incidents of hate speech and inciting national intolerance had
previously been registered as well
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that they have no
additional information on this case.
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
the two major ethnic communities in the country.
