What happened: On 20.06.2019, at 9:30 p.m., at SEI Skopje, Lj.Z.M. (48) from Skopje reported that her 17-
year old son was physically assaulted by several individuals on 16ta Makedonska Brigada Street. The police
is working on solving the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 20.06.2019, at 9:30 p.m., on 16ta Makedonska Brigada Street.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One minor.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Several unidentified 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 event occurred at a location visited by different ethnic communities, where
similar incidents have previously been registered. In addition, there is a multi-ethnic high
school in the vicinity.
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.
