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A blast occurred late on Sunday near the office of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), the largest ethnic Albanian political party in Macedonia.
The attack took place in Mala Recica, a village populated by over 8000 people located in Western Macedonia, near its border with Albania.
No injuries were reported, but police immediately sealed off the region, according to Macedonian daily Utrinski vesnik.
A hand grenade was evidently thrown by an unnamed attacked riding a motorcycle, local news outlets report.
Mala Recica's population is almost entirely Albanian. It is part of Tetovo, a municipality where Albanians constitute some 80 percent of the population.
DUI has often been criticized in Macedonia over its de facto support for the government of PM Nikola Gruevski which, for its part, is accused by the opposition of applying pressure on the judiciary and the media and adding to the discrimination of ethnic minorities (in a country where ethnic Albanians constitute at least a quarter of the population).
The attack took place in Mala Recica, a village populated by over 8000 people located in Western Macedonia, near its border with Albania.
No injuries were reported, but police immediately sealed off the region, according to Macedonian daily Utrinski vesnik.
A hand grenade was evidently thrown by an unnamed attacked riding a motorcycle, local news outlets report.
Mala Recica's population is almost entirely Albanian. It is part of Tetovo, a municipality where Albanians constitute some 80 percent of the population.
DUI has often been criticized in Macedonia over its de facto support for the government of PM Nikola Gruevski which, for its part, is accused by the opposition of applying pressure on the judiciary and the media and adding to the discrimination of ethnic minorities (in a country where ethnic Albanians constitute at least a quarter of the population).
A child was injured in the explosion that took place Sunday evening in front of the building of the ruling Albanian party in Macedonia – the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) in Mala Recica, Tetovo Municipality, Macedonian online news outlet Plus Info reported.
According to the online news edition Tetova Sot unknown individuals on a motorbike most likely threw a hand grenade in front of the DUI office.
A guard was the only person at the site at the time of the accident but was not injured.
A child living near the building is the only person to have sustained injuries and was taken to hospital in Tetovo.
No information about the child’s age and condition has been disclosed so far.
According to the online news edition Tetova Sot unknown individuals on a motorbike most likely threw a hand grenade in front of the DUI office.
A guard was the only person at the site at the time of the accident but was not injured.
A child living near the building is the only person to have sustained injuries and was taken to hospital in Tetovo.
No information about the child’s age and condition has been disclosed so far.
