What happened: On 20 January 2019, at 6:30 p.m., at the Police Station Aerodrom, T.N. (46) from Skopje
reported that on the same day, around 4:30 p.m., on the K.J.Pitu Blvd., his 16-year old son was assaulted by
an unknown person. Measures are being taken in order to solve the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 20.01.2019, at 4:30 p.m., Kuzman Josifovski Pitu Blvd. in Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One minor.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): One identified perpetrator А.Ј. (17).
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the victims and attackers belonged to different ethnic communities;
2. Location – part of the city near the Transport Centre and Vero Centre with a mixed ethnic
structure, a location of numerous bus stops for the local public transport, and where bus lines
connecting parts of the city with different ethnic communities intersect, making it a place
where people with different ethnicity encounter.
Status of the case: Minutes filed on determined misdemeanour pursuant to Article 12 from the LMPO.
Response of the local authorities: MOI has no confirmation on the incident’s indicators.
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 the different ethnic groups in the society.
