What happened: On 31.10.2018, at the Police Precinct Gazi Baba, D.P. (38) and D.N. (39), both from Skopje,
reported that around 09:10 h, their children aged 15 had been physically assaulted by three unknown persons
in the vicinity of the “Boro Petrushevski” Secondary School. Measures are taken to solve the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 31.10.2018, around 09.10 h, in the vicinity of the Secondary
School ASUC ”Boro Petrushevski”.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter
Victim(s) involved: two children aged 15.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC)
Perpetrator(s): more than 3 unknown perpetrators
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity – this school is attended by children of different ethnicities;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – conflict situations and clashes between young people of different
ethnicities
3. Location – The incident occurred in the vicinity of the secondary school ASUC “Boro Petrushevski” where such
incidents between the students and other young people have previously been registered as well.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: To the request submitted to MoI in relation to this incident, asking
whether there are indicators verifying hate crime in this case, we got a response in January 2019, stating that
measures were taken to solve the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
the two major ethnic communities in the country.
