Dozens of Macedonians gathered near the church St Spas in Skopje, where the grave of the revolutionary hero Goce Delchev is located, on Saturday 4 February.

Delchev is claimed by both North Macedonia and Bulgaria as a hero in the fight for the liberation of Macedonia from Turkey.

Commemoration of his memory -- Saturday was the 151st anniversary of his birth -- is sometimes a flashpoint for tension between the two.

Access to the grave was forbidden for ordinary citizens in the morning as the anniversary is considered a possible focus for trouble, so only registered delegations were allowed to lay flowers on the grave.

There was a heavy police presence in the centre of the North Macedonian capital following an incident a few days ago in which a man who identifies as Bulgarian was beaten.

He is an employee of one of the Bulgarian cultural clubs in North Macedonia that some people there see as provocative.

Dozens of people, today gathered near the church "St. Spas", where the grave of the revolutionary Goce Delchev is located.

However the access to the location is forbidden for the ordinary citizens in the morning, as the event is rated as high risk, and only registered delegations were allowed to lay flowers on the grave.

Skopje, and especially the center of the city is under heavy police security, as the location was protected also a couple of days before.