What happened: Five migrant were attacked by four persons in the village of Dubrovo. Prior to the
attack, the migrants were intercepted by the persons who offered them transportation to the border
crossing with R. Serbia with a PMV “Audi”, for which they required 1000 euros, but the migrants
paid them 400 euros. The migrants got into the vehicle which was driven by one of the persons
and headed to Negotino. Shortly after that, a little further than the village of Udovo, the other
two persons, dressed in police uniforms, stopped the vehicle transporting the migrants and started
searching them for money. The migrants resisted them and managed to take control of the “Audi”
vehicle of the secondly accused, and thus managed to escape.
Date, time and location of the incident: 7 June, around 22:00, the village of Dubrovo
Source of information: Daily Newsletter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Victim(s) involved: Five migrants.
Type of the crime(s): Attempted robbery (Article 237, CC), Fraud (Article 247, CC), False presentation
(Article 391, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Four perpetrators.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity − the ethnicity of the perpetrators is different from the ethnicity of the
victims; the victims are members of a group (migrants) which is signifi cantly outnumbered by citizens
of the area where the incident occurred.
2. Pattern of previous incidents – this incident is the latest in a growing trend of robberies and attacks
on migrants.
Status of the case: Filed criminal charges by SIA Veles against four persons.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated after the reporting of the event, PS Kavadarci fi led criminal charges
against four persons with the Public Prosecutor’s Offi ce in Negotino, i.e. against E. E. (26) from
Germany, A. B. (36) from Veles, N. S. (23) from Veles, and A. M. (20) from Skopje due to the existence
of grounds for suspicion that the fi rst person had committed the following three criminal offenses:
“Fraud” under Art. 247, Paragraph 1 of CC, “False presentation” under Art. 391, and “Attempted
robbery” under Art. 237 in reference to Art. 19 of CC; the other three perpetrators committed two
criminal offenses: “False presentation” under Art. 391 and “Attempted robbery” under Art. 237 in
reference to Art. 19 of CC.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the safety of migrants
entering and passing through the country.
