What happened: An 18-year-old person, with no apparent motive or reason, was physically attacked
by two unknown attackers who hit him with a rubber object on the head.
Date, time and location of the incident: 30 March, around 21:20, on “Bosna I Hercegovina” Street in
Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic medium MKD.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One Person
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Two unknown perpetrators.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – the incident took place in an area inhabited by people of a different
ethnicity;
2. Nature of the violence – it was a public incident.
Status of the case: Under investigation,
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that SIA documented the fi led charges and measures were being
taken for resolving the incident.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
