What happened: On 26.06.2018, at the Police Precinct Bit Pazar S.M. (33) reported that on the same day,
around 15:30 on street “376” three underage males and one female physically assaulted her 13-year-old son,
whereby he sustained visible injuries. Measures are taken to fully clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 26.06.2018, 15:30, on “376” street
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one underage male.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): several unknown perpetrators.
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 than the perpetrator;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – attacks of minors on the streets, at bus stops or in the vicinity of schools
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that they have
registered this incident as a violation of the public order and peace and are taking measures to identify the
perpetrator(s).
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.
