What happened: On 11.08.2018, at 04.25 h, at the Police Precinct in Karposh A.F.Sh (25) from Skopje,
reported that on the same day, at 03.20 h, in front of a disco club in Gradski Park, he was physically assaulted
by two unknown persons, who came with a passenger vehicle. Measures are taken to solve the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 11.08.2018, at 04.25 h, in the City Park
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One young male.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): two unidentified perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Location – The incident took place in the City Park, where such and similar attacks had previously
occurred as well, and where people of different ethnic communities live in and move through.
2. Difference in ethnicity – the victim and the perpetrators are of a different ethnicity (Macedonians and
Albanians)
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: 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.
