What happened: As he was moving along Atanas Mitrev Street, in the vicinity of the Transport Center in
Skopje, a 16 year old secondary school student was attacked by a group of young men whereby he sustained
stab wounds in the leg and was taken to Emergency Center in Skopje. The case was reported to MoI.
Date, time and location of the incident: 24 March, around 15:30, near the transport Center (Atanas Mitrev
Street), Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic media outlet Telma TV.
Victim(s) involved: 1 minor (age 16 ).
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC), Participating in a fight (Article
132, CC)
Perpetrator(s): a larger group of perpetrator(s).
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 victim is a minor, and of a different ethnicity to the attacker (Macedonians
and Albanians);
2. Pattern of previous incidents – lone minors are attacked, and the attackers are adults, or in a group.
3. Location – The incident took place in the vicinity of the Transport Center in Skopje, where such and similar
attacks had also previously occurred, and where people of different ethnicities live and move through.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s reponse to our request for information states that this case has
not been recorded at all.
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.
