What happened: A social worker from the Children’s Home 25th May-Skopje reported at SEI Skopje that
on 17.02.2019, around 5:00 p.m., on the K.J.Pitu Blvd., a 17-year old ward of the institution was physically
assaulted by an individual. Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 17.02.2019, 5:00 p.m., K.J.Pitu Blvd, Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One underage victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): One perpetrator.
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 the attackers belonged to a different ethnic community.
Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: Measures are being taken to completely solve 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.
