What happened: On 11.03 2018, in the period from 01:00 to 01:10 h, at the Police Precinct Aerodrom,
K.S. (25), D.D. (25), M.M (21) and H.K. (19), all from Skopje reported being physically assaulted by a larger group
of people at a parking space on Franjo Kluz and Anastas Mitrev street. The police are working to fully clarify
the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 11 March, 01:00 h, at a parking lot in Aerodrom
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: 4 people.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC).
Perpetrator(s): larger group of perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Place – The incident took place in the vicinity of the Transport. The incident took place in the vicinity of
the Transport Center in Skopje, where such and similar attacks had also previously occurred, and where
people of different ethnicities live and move through.
2. Pattern of previous incidents –This incident was preceded by incidents from two days prior, when groups
of different ethnicities clashed in major fights which came as a result of the Law on the Use of Languages.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that this incident has
been recorded as an Offence against the Public Order and Peace, Article 12 LMO
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.
