What happened: On 10.11.2019, at 9:00 p.m., at the Police Station Gostivar, А.I. (35) from Gostivar reported
that around 5:30 p.m., at the Gostivar vs. Kozuf basketball game at the sports centre Mladost in Gostivar, a
19-year old Kozuf fan, D.S. from Gevgelija injured him by throwing a wooden object at him. Soon after, D.S.
was caught, and once the case is documented, proper charges against him are going to follow.
Date, time and place of incident: 10.11.2019, 5:30 p.m., Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, emagazin.mk, 24info.mk, kurir.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One victim.
Type of crime(s): Bodily Injury (Article 130, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): One perpetrator.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the perpetrator and victim belonged to a different ethnicity;
2. Location – the event occurred a place where similar incidents have previously been registered.
Status of case: Request filed for pressing misdemeanour charges.
Response of the local authorities: The Police Station Gostivar filed a request for initiating a misdemeanour
procedure before the Primary Court Gostivar against the perpetrator pursuant to Article 3 from the Law on
Prevention of Violence and Indecent Behaviour during Sport Events.
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.
