An inter-ethnic incident occurred in Saraj, west of Skopje today, when Macedonian pupils were attacked by Albanian kids.

Parents whose children attend the Kole Nedelkovski school, say that their kids went for a field trip to Albanian majority Saraj, only to be attacked by kids from another local school.

One child was slapped without provocation, and another punched in the eye, and was bruised and bloodied, said a parent through the social media.

Principal Svetlana Maslarevska confirmed that there was an incident which happened during a football match. The police was called in to escort the children out of Saraj.