What happened: A sixteen-year-old minor from Skopje, in the company of several other persons,
without any known motive or reason, physically attacked D. M.(21) from Skopje by punching him in
the face area. After the attack, the minor and the others who were with him got on a JSP bus in order
to fl ee the scene but was caught and taken to a police station by police offi cers.
Date, time and location of the incident: 22 February, around 20:00, on “Krste Petkoc Misirkov”
Boulevard in Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic medium Reporter.mk
Victim(s) involved: One person
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): One minor.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – the incident took place in an area inhabited by people of a different
ethnicity;
2. Nature of the violence – it was a public incident.
Status of the case: Filed request for initiation of a misdemeanor procedure
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that SIA Skopje fi led a request for initiation of a misdemeanor
procedure with the Primary Court Skopje 1 Skopje – Misdemeanor Department on 01.03.2016.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
