Four masked men hurled two Molotov cocktails at the Museum of the Albanian Alphabet in Bitola. The incident occurred early this morning, around 4:00 am, confirmed the management at the museum. According to employees at the museum, the perpetrators wanted to burn down the whole building, but failed.
The Bitola police department confirmed that the incident has been recorded and an investigation has been opened. Sanja Stamatova, a spokesperson from the police department in Bitola reported that the entrance and a second floor window had been damaged.
“Two bottles filled with an unknown liquid were thrown at the building. One bottle was not lit, and the other one hit a wall and damaged the asphalt. Our team then came on to the scene”, reported Stamatova.
According to her, the incident will be reported directly to the Minister for Internal Affairs, in a very short time.
The Museum of the Albanian Alphabet was the target of attacks a few months ago , when unknown assailants smashed the windows before last years celebration of the Albanian alphabet. So far, police in Bitola have not given a statement or any information regarding the identity of the perpetrators.
