The suspect currently in custody for the murder is of Albanian ethnicity, and while riots created tension between ethnic Albanian and Macedonian populations of Skopje, Macedonian citizens of all ethnicities appealed through social networks to their fellow countrymen to keep calm and deescalate this situation. 
Mtuhumiwa kwa sasa aliyeko mahabusu kwa tuhuma za mauaji ni wa asili ya Albania, na wakati ghasia zikisababisha hali ya kutokuelewana kati ya watu wenye asili ya Albania na wenzao wa Kimasedonia waishio Skopje, raia wa Masedonia wenye asili tofauti walitoa mwito kupitia mitandao ya kijamii kuwaomba wananchi wenzao kuwa watulivu na kumaliza hali hiyo.