What happened: On 22.10.2018, at 22:30, at the Sector for Internal Affairs Skopje, I.D. (41) reported that
on the same day, around 20:15, on “Juzhnomoravski Brigadi” Street, while his 14-year-old son was moving
together with his friends, two unknown persons aged 14-16 approached him, and one of the physically
assaulted him. Measures are taken to fully clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 22.10.2018, around 20:15, on “Juzhnomoravski Brigadi” Street
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one underage victim, aged 14.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): two unknown perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity– the victim and the attackers are of a different ethnicity;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – attacks of young people in this region had been previously registered as
well.
Status of the case: the case has been registered as a violation under Article 12 of the Law on Violations
against the Public Order and Peace.
Response of the local authorities: To the request submitted to MoI in relation to this incident, asking
whether there are indicators verifying hate crime in this case, we got a response in January 2019, stating that
this case has been registered as a violation under Article 12 of the Law on Violations against the Public Order
and Peace (LVPOP).
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
the two major ethnic communities in the country.
