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:
- Ethnic origin – the victim and the attacker belonged to a different ethnicity;
- Religion and conviction – the victim and the attacker belonged to a different religion or had different religious beliefs;
- Target location – a religious object;
- 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.
