An interethnic fight in Gjorce Petrov, Skopje

What happened: On 04.04.2019, at 9:00 p.m., at SEI Skopje, it was reported that the public peace and order
was disrupted with a physical altercation among R.J. (35), R.N. (33) and S.I. (33), all from Skopje, on one side,
and F.S. (32), T.C. (22) and A.M. (29), all from Skopje, on the other side, on Smilevska Street (Municipality Gjorce
Petrov). The police issued minutes on a determined misdemeanour pursuant to Article 11 from the LMPO.
Date, time and place of incident: 04.04.2019, at 9:00 p.m., on Smilevska Street (Municipality Gjorce Petrov).
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, lider.com.mk, vesnik.com.
Victim(s) involved: Three victims.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Three identified 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 attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
2. Location – the event occurred in a municipality populated by diverse ethnic population, where
intolerance thrives among ethnic communities.
Status of case: Closed
Response of the local authorities: The case was documented as a misdemeanour against the public order and
peace pursuant to Article 11 from LMPO.
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.