What happened: On 04.06.2019, at 05:40 a.m., at SEI Skopje, V.M. (43) from Skopje, reported that around
03:30 a.m., three individuals physically assaulted his 16-year old son on the 3ta Makedonska Brigada Blvd.
The police is working on solving the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 04.06.2019, around 03:30 a.m., 3ta Makedonska Brigada Blvd.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, mkd.mk, press24.mk, slobodnaevropa.mk, slobodenpecat.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One minor.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Three unidentified 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 perpetrators belong to a different ethnicity;
2. Location – similar types of incidents have occurred previously in this part of the city due to the
two high schools attended by diverse ethnicities.
Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MOI qualified the case as an attempt to robbery. 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, and reflect particularly poorly
on children’s development and conduct.
