What happened: On 19 January 2019, at 7:15 p.m., it was reported that on the Kuzman Josifovski Pitu
Blvd. in Skopje, S.F. (20) physically assaulted two minors. S.F. was detained at a police station, with the
corresponding charges pressed against him.
The attacker was issued minutes for the violations determined pursuant to Article 10 and 12
from the LMPO and minutes for a determined violation pursuant to Article 10 from the Law on Personal
Identification Cards by the Police Station Centre.
Date, time and place of incident: 19.01.2019, at 7:15 p.m., Kuzman Josifovski Pitu Blvd. in Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newspaper.
Victim(s) involved: Two minors.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): One identified perpetrator – S.F. (20).
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the victims and attackers belonged to different ethnic communities;
2. Location – part of the city near the Transport Centre and Vero Centre with a mixed ethnic
structure, a location of numerous bus stops for the local public transport, and where bus lines
connecting parts of the city with different ethnic communities intersect, making it a place
where people with different ethnicity encounter.
Status of the case: The corresponding charges were pressed against the perpetrator.
Response of the local authorities: MOI has no confirmation on the incident’s indicators.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in
the country and the co-existence among the different ethnic groups in society.
