March 14, 2019

A fight at a Skopje High School

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language

What happened: On 14.03.2019, at 3:15 p.m., at SEI Skopje, it was reported that on the Treta Makedonska
Brigada Blvd., at a high school, during the lunch break, F.А., А.М. and А.I., all from the village of Kopanica,
Skopje region, joined by two other individuals, physically assaulted M.I. (19) and B.М. (18), both from the
village of Batinci. М.I and B.М. received medical care at the City General Hospital St. Naum Ohridski.
Measures are being taken to completely solve the case.

Date, time and place of incident: 14.03.2019, at 3:15 p.m., Treta Makedonska Brigada Blvd, Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, lider.com.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Two victims.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Five Perpetrator(s), three of whom identified.
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 attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
2. Location – the event occurred at a high school attended by students from diverse ethnic
communities.

Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: The Violent Crime Unit pressed criminal charges to the PPPO Skopje
against F.А. (20) and А.F. (21) from Skopje on the grounds of reasonable suspicion for having committed the
criminal offence Violence pursuant to Article 386 from the CC of RNM.
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
Treta Makedonska Brigada Blvd, Skopje
Location Name
Treta Makedonska Brigada Blvd, Skopje

Number of victims
2
Number of Perpetrators
5
Status of the case
Under investigation
Type of incident?
Serious threat Bodily injury Physical attack (assault) Violence
Incident location
Street
How did the police react?
They caught the perpetrator
Have there been similar incidents / crimes in the same location?
Yes
A fight at a Skopje High School image

Criminal offences

Against Life and Body
Bodily Injury
Against Freedoms and Rights
Criminal threatening
Against the Public Order
Violence

Grounds

Nationality Ethnic origin