September 19, 2020

A minor assaulted a 22-year old individual from Tetovo

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language
Incident due to religious affiliation or religious belief

What happened: On 19.09.2020, at 00:05 a.m., at the Police Station Tetovo, Z.S. (22) from Tetovo reported that on 18.09.2020, around 11:00 p.m., in the park behind the St. Nikola Church in Tetovo, while in the company of I.D. and P.S., both from Tetovo, he was physically assaulted with a heavy object by two unidentified individuals. Measures are being taken to solve the case.

Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motives are ethnic origin and the location where the incident occurred (a religious object), with the bias indicators being:

  1. Ethnic origin – the victim and the attacker belonged to a different ethnicity;
  2. Religion and conviction – the victim and the attacker belonged to a different religion or had different religious beliefs;
  3. Target location – a religious object;
  4. Pattern of previous incidents – previous assaults on people near religious objects.

Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country and cohabitation among the different ethnic and linguistic groups in society, particularly among young people.


Number of victims
1
Number of Perpetrators
1
Status of the case
Under investigation
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault) Violence
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