February 18, 2019

An assault on K.J. Pitu Blvd.

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language

What happened: On 18.02.2019, at 8:15 p.m., at SEI Skopje, F.М.(19) from Skopje reported that he was
physically assaulted by several individuals around 7:30 p.m. on the K.J. Pitu Blvd. Measures are being taken
to solve the case.

Date, time and place of incident: 18.02.2019, 7:30 p.m., K.J. Pitu Blvd, Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Several 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 the attackers belonged to a different ethnic community.

Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: Measures are being taken to 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.

Address
K.J. Pitu Blvd, Skopje
Location Name
K.J. Pitu Blvd, Skopje

Number of victims
1
Number of Perpetrators
-
Status of the case
Under investigation
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault) Violence
Incident location
Street
How did the police react?
They investigated the incident
Have there been similar incidents / crimes in the same location?
Yes
An assault on K.J. Pitu Blvd. image

Criminal offences

Against Freedoms and Rights
Criminal threatening
Against the Public Order
Violence

Grounds

Nationality Ethnic origin
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