What happened: On 10.08.2018, at 23:10h, in the Police Precinct Bit Pazar, S.N. (27) from Skopje, reported
that on the same day, around 22:00 h, on “Krste Misirkov” Blvd, he had been physically assaulted by 10-12
unknown persons, whereby he sustained bodily injury. Measures are taken to solve the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 10.08.2018, around 22:00, on “Krste Misirkov” Blvd.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One adult male.
Type of crime(s): Bodily injury (Article 131, CC)
Perpetrator(s): 10-12 unidentified perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Location – The incident took place on Bit Pazar, where there such and similar attack had occurred
previously as well, and where people of different ethnic communities live in and move through.
2. Difference in ethnicity – the victim and the perpetrators are of a different ethnicity (Macedonians and
Albanians)
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: Measures are taken to solve the case.
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.
