What happened: On 18.08.2019, at 3:00 p.m., at SEI Skopje, А.K.(31) reported that on the same day, around
2:00 p.m., he was physically assaulted by two individuals on Butelska Street. The police is working on solving
the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 18.08.2019, 2:00 p.m., Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386 from CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Two perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the perpetrator and victim belonged to a different ethnicity;
2. Location – the event occurred at a location populated with diverse ethnic population, where
similar incidents have occurred previously.
Status of case: Closed.
Response of the local authorities: Misdemeanour pursuant to Article 12 from LMPO.
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, and reflect particularly poorly
on children’s development and conduct.
