February 7, 2019

Peer violence in Chair

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language
Violence against minors

What happened: On 07 February 2019, at 1:30 p.m., E.M. (50) from Skopje reported at SEI Skopje that her
underage son was physically assaulted by several underage individuals on Cvetan Dimov Street.

Date, time and place of incident: 07 February 2019, at 1:30 p.m., Cvetan Dimov Street.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One minor.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Several minors.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the victim and the attackers belonged to a different ethnic community.

Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: Measures are being taken to completely solve the case.
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 different ethnic groups in society.

Address
Cvetan Dimov Street
Location Name
Cvetan Dimov Street

Number of victims
1
Number of Perpetrators
-
Status of the case
No information
Type of incident?
Serious threat Physical attack (assault) Violence
Incident location
Street
How did the police react?
They investigated the incident
Have there been similar incidents / crimes in the same location?
Yes
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Criminal offences

Against Freedoms and Rights
Criminal threatening
Against the Public Order
Violence

Grounds

Nationality Ethnic origin