A high school student assaulted by fellow students at Zdravko Cvetkovski High School

What happened: On 09.04.2019, 8:00 p.m., at the Police Station Karposh, М.V.(18) reported that on the
same day, around 5.50 p.m., at the Zdravko Cvetkovski High School in Skopje, he was physically assaulted by
his fellow students P.K., K.P. and F.I. The case is being solved.
Date, time and place of incident: 09.04.2019, around 5:50 p.m., Zdravko Cvetkovski High School.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, sitel.com.mk, emagazin.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Three identified 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 – similar incidents have previously been registered at this high school attended by
pupils from different ethnic communities.
Status of case: Closed.
Response of the local authorities: Minutes filed on a determined misdemeanour pursuant to Article 16
from the LMPO.
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, and reflect particularly poorly
on children’s development and conduct.