August 5, 2020

Three teenagers assaulted on 11th Oktomvri Street

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language

What happened: On 05.08.2020, at 8:30 p.m., at SIA Skopje, a 17-year old teenager from Skopje reported that he was physically assaulted on 11th Oktomvri Street while walking with two other underage acquaintances by two unidentified individuals driving a BMW vehicle. Measures are being taken to solve the case.

Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnic origin, with the bias indicators being:

  1. Ethnic origin – the victims and attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
  2. Pattern of previous incidents – assaults against young people on streets, near schools, on busses.

Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country and the cohabitation among different ethnic groups in society.


Number of victims
3
Number of Perpetrators
2
Status of the case
No information
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault) Violence
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