A young man hurt with sharp object at Ramstor Mall Skopje

What happened: On 03.04.2019, at 5:00 p.m., at SEI Skopje, it was reported that on the same day, around
3:30 p.m., on Sveti Kiril i Metodij Street, R.S.(28) and F.S.(26) from Skopje were physically assaulted by two
individuals, whereupon R.S. was hit on the left hand with a sharp object. Measures are being taken to solve
the case.
Date, time and place of incident: On 03.04.2019, at 5:00 p.m., Sveti Kiril i Metodij Street Ramstor Mall in
Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, sudstvo.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Two adult victims.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM), Severe Bodily Injury (Article 136, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Two unidentified perpetrators.
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 location visited by different ethnic population.
Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: Measures are being taken to 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.