What happened: On 08.04.2018, at 01:00, at the Police Precinct in Gjorche Petrov E.S. (51) reported that
on 07.04.2018 his son E.S. (17) had been intercepted by two unknown persons around 22:30, while was moving
down the “Angel Vinichki” street. One of them took out a knife and stabbed him in his left thigh. The minor was
transported to the General City Hospital “8 September” in order to get medical aid and the doctor found that
he had sustained bodily injury. Actions are taken to fully clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 07.04.2018, around 22:30, “Angel Vinichki” Street, Gjorche Petrov,
Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic media outlet sudstvo.mk.
Victim(s) involved: 1 minor (age 1)
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC)
Perpetrator(s): two unknown perpetrator(s).
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity – the victim is a minor and the is of different ethnicity than the perpetrators
(Macedonian and Albanians);
2. Pattern of previous incidents – lone minors are targeted, and the attackers are adults or in a group
3. Location – The incident took place in a residential area where previous such and similar attacks occurred
and where people of different ethnicities live and pass through.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that this case has
been solved and was registered as an offence against the public order and peace under Article 11 of the Law on
Offenses against the Public Order and Peace (author’s note: the case was registered as a fight, not an assault).
MoI’s explanation was that in accordance with the standard police procedures and in consultation with PPPO,
they were unable to find criminal attributes to this case, so they registered it as a misdemeanor!
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.
