What happened: The Sector for Internal Affairs Veles, pressed criminal charges against R.M. (26), E.M. (22)
and B.R. (23) from the village of Krivolak, Negotino, on grounds of reasonable suspicion that they committed the
crime of “Robbery”. On 19.09.2018, around 08:00, in the vicinity of the village of Krivolak, the suspects robbed
four migrants from India, depriving them of 950 EUR and four mobile phones, whereby the fled the scene.
Date, time and location of the incident: 19.09.2018, around 08h, in the vicinity of the village of Krivolak,
Negotino.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: four refugees/migrants.
Type of crime(s): Robbery (Article 237 CC)
Perpetrator(s): three identified perpetrators
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this case the bias motive is the victims’ status of
migrants and the bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity – the victims are migrants/refugees;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – attacks of migrants, particularly in the vicinity of a railroad or a road have
been previously registered as well
Status of the case: Criminal charges have been pressed.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that this incident
has been clarified and that criminal charges have been pressed against three people.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the safety of the
country in general and the safety of migrants and refugees.
