What happened:. On 05.11.2018, it was reported to SIA Skopje that around 20:00 h, in front of a café on
“Blagoja Parovikj” Street – Topansko Pole in Skopje, two 16-year olds were physically assaulted by A.A. and
several other unknown persons. Measures are taken to solve the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 05.11.2018, around 20:00, in front of a café on “Blagoja Parovikj”
Street – Topansko Pole in Skopje
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: two underage victims aged 16.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): one identified and 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 and the perpetrator are of a different ethnicity;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – assaults of minors in this part of town have been previously registered as
well.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: To the request submitted to MoI in relation to this incident, asking
whether there are indicators confirming hate crime in this case, we got a response identical to the one in
MoI’s newsletter, stating that they are taking measures to fully solve the case.
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.
