April 19, 2019

A fight between ethnic groups in Gjorce Petrov

Incident
Causing national, racial or religious hate, discord or intolerance
incidents committed due to ethnicity

What happened: On 19.04.2019, at 11:47 p.m., at the Police Station Gjorce Petrov, Ј.А.(19) and М.Z.(22),
both from Skopje, reported that on the same day, around 11:00 p.m., they were physically assaulted by D.K.,
E.L and E.S, all from Skopje, on 4ti Juli Street. Minutes were issued determining a misdemeanour pursuant
to Article 12, paragraph 2 from the LMPO.

Date, time and place of incident: 19.04.2019, around 11:00 p.m., 4ti Juli Street.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, opserver.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Two victims.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Three identified 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 attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
2. Location – the incident occurred in a part of the city populated by diverse ethnic population
where these types of incidents are common.
Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: Measures are being taken to completely 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
4th of July Street
Location Name
Gorche Petrov

Number of victims
2
Number of Perpetrators
3
Status of the case
No information
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
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