What happened: On 05.06.2019, at 5:15 p.m., at the Police Station Centre, D.T. (47) from Skopje, reported
that on the same day, around 11:15 a.m., his 16-year old son was physically assaulted by one individual on
Filip Vtori Makedonski Street. The police is working on solving the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 05.06.2019, at 5:15 p.m., Filip Vtori Makedonski 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): One unidentified perpetrator.
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 attacker belonged to different ethnic communities;
2. Location – the event occurred in a part of the city visited by diverse ethnic population, with
thriving intolerance among ethnic communities.
Status of case: Closed.
Response of the local authorities: The police is working on solving 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.
