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SKOPJE -- A Macedonian man who was seriously injured when two ethnic Albanians assaulted him last week has succumbed to his injuries.
65-year-old Krste Sterjoski was assaulted by two men in their early 20s late on Saturday in the town of Tetovo, in southwestern Macedonia, where ethnic Albanians are a majority.
The incident has brought back fears of renewed ethnic tensions, according to media reports.
Macedonian police spokesman Marijan Josifovski has confirmed that the attackers were ethnic Albanians, while the victim was a Macedonian.
One of his killers has been arrested while the other is still at large. Josifovski said that there was no information as to the motive behind the crime.
Sterjoski was a local businessman who held dual Macedonian-Swiss citizenship.
In March of last year, more than a dozen people were injured in clashes in Skopje and Tetovo - the incidents which highlighted the problems between the two communities which never completely recovered from the armed conflict in the early 2000s between ethnic Albanian rebels and the country's forces.
A peace treaty was signed in August 2001 that gave Albanians "more rights", reported the AFP news agency, and said they made up 25 percent of the country's population.
65-year-old Krste Sterjoski was assaulted by two men in their early 20s late on Saturday in the town of Tetovo, in southwestern Macedonia, where ethnic Albanians are a majority.
The incident has brought back fears of renewed ethnic tensions, according to media reports.
Macedonian police spokesman Marijan Josifovski has confirmed that the attackers were ethnic Albanians, while the victim was a Macedonian.
One of his killers has been arrested while the other is still at large. Josifovski said that there was no information as to the motive behind the crime.
Sterjoski was a local businessman who held dual Macedonian-Swiss citizenship.
In March of last year, more than a dozen people were injured in clashes in Skopje and Tetovo - the incidents which highlighted the problems between the two communities which never completely recovered from the armed conflict in the early 2000s between ethnic Albanian rebels and the country's forces.
A peace treaty was signed in August 2001 that gave Albanians "more rights", reported the AFP news agency, and said they made up 25 percent of the country's population.
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