What happened: On 17.09.2019, at 8:50 p.m., at the Police Department Petrovec, Lj.P. (19) from the village of
Petrovec, Skopje region, reported that around 7:20 p.m. he was physically assaulted by two other individuals
on the Kuzman Josifovksi Pitu Blvd. in Skopje. Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 17.09.2019, 7:20 p.m., Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): 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 – the perpetrator and victim belonged to a different ethnic community;
2. Location – the event occurred at a place visited by diverse ethnic communities.
Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: The police is working on solving the case.
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.
