What happened: On 14 January 2019, at 1:50 p.m. at SIA Skopje, D.K. (24) from the village of Crkvinje,
Veles region, reported that on the same day, around 1:20 p.m., on Pero Nakov Street, his brother E.K.
and he were physically assaulted by two individuals, one of whom possessed a knife. Measures are
being taken to resolve the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 14.01.2019, 1:20 p.m., Pero Nakov Street Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newspaper.
Victim(s) involved: Two victims.Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrators: Two unidentified perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with
the bias indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – spreading hate speech and calling to and inciting violence through social
networks against a different ethnic community;
2. Location – part of the city with a mixed ethnic structure.
Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MOI has no confirmation on the incident’s indicators.
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.
