What happened: On 29.09.2018, at 13:30 h, at the Police Precinct Centar, I.E. (44) from Skopje, reported
that around 00:15, while he was in a café in Skopje with his friend, J.L (33) from Skopje that he was acquainted
with before, approached him and started verbally threatening him in relation to the voting on the referendum,
and at a certain point him hit him with his fist, whereby the plaintiff was briefly unconscious. Measure and
activities to solve the case have been taken and adequate charges were pressed against J.L.
Date, time and location of the incident: 29.09.2018, at 00:15 h, at a café in Skopje
Source of information: MoI’s newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one adult male.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC)
Perpetrator(s): J.L. from Skopje.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the political affiliation
of the victim and the perpetrator, and the bias indicators are:
1. Pattern of previous incidents – This incident is one in the series of incidents against members or supporters
of political parties or former and acting officials.
Status of the case: Solved
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that the case has
been registered as a violation under Article 12 of the LVPOP
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.
