What happened: On 03.06.2019, at 02:00 a.m., at SEI Skopje, L.G. (44) from Skopje, reported that on the
same day, around 10:30 p.m., his underage son was physically assaulted by two individuals on Cvetan Dimov
Street. The police is working on solving the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 03.06.2019, around 10:30 p.m., Cvetan Dimov Street, 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): Two 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 perpetrators belonged to different ethnic communities;
2. Location – the event occurred in a part of the town populated by diverse ethnicities, where
similar types of incidents have been previously registered.
Status of case: One identified perpetrator.
Response of the local authorities: Minutes filed for a determined misdemeanour.
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, and reflect particularly poorly
on children’s development and safety.
