What happened: On 21.02.2020, around 5:00 p.m., B.I. (56) from the village of Brest reported at SIA Skopje that around 1:10 p.m., near a grocery store on Venjamin Machukovski Street, his 17-year old son was physically assaulted by E.N. and O.N. Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnic origin, with the bias indicators being:
- Ethnic origin – the victim and attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
- Pattern of previous incidents – assaults on unaccompanied teenagers on streets, near schools, on busses.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country, the cohabitation among different ethnic groups in society and particularly the safety of children and young people in surroundings that should be safe for them (schools, public transport, the environment where they live and commute).
