What happened: On 14.09.2018, at 11:30, at the Sector for Internal Affairs Skopje, D.P. (38) from Skopje,
reported that on the same day, around 09:45h, in the vicinity of the “Boro Petrushevski” Secondary School
his 15-year old son was physically assaulted by several underage persons. Measures are taken to fully clarify
the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 14.09.2018, at 11:30, in the vicinity of the “Boro Petrushevski”
School, Skopje.
Source of information: MoI’s newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one minor (age 15).
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC),
Perpetrator(s): several minors.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity – the assaulted minor and the underage attackers are of different ethnicities
(Macedonians and Albanians);
2. Pattern of previous incidents – Clash and conflict between students from different ethnicities occurs very
often, particularly in the capital. These incidents most often take place between children of Macedonian
and Albanian ethnic origin, while the other communities are very rarely or never involved in such incidents.
3. Location – The incident took place in a secondary school and a residential area where people of different
ethnicities live and students of different ethnicities attend school.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that measures are
taken to solve the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of the
two major ethnic communities in the country.
