A minor beaten by peers at the Chemistry High School in Skopje

What happened: On 02.04.2019, at 10:00 p.m., at SEI Skopje, А.N.(41) from Skopje reported that on the
same day, around 11:00 a.m., her 16-year old son was physically assaulted by three other students at the
Marie Curie Sklodowska High School. The police is working on solving the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 02.04.2019, at 11:00 a.m., Marie Curie Sklodowska High School in Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, novamakedonija.com.
Victim(s) involved: One underage victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Three underage perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the victim and perpetrators belonged to a different ethnic community;
2. Location – similar incidents have often occurred at this high school attended by pupils from
different ethnic communities.
Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: The police is working on solving the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in
the country and the co-existence among different ethnic groups in society, and reflect particularly poorly
on children’s development.