What happened: On 22.05.2019, at 7:30 p.m., at the Police Station Centre, E.I. (42) from the village of
Pagarusha reported that on 21.05.2019, around 6:00 p.m., his underage son was physically assaulted by
three individuals on 11ti Oktomvri Street. Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Date, time and place of incident: On 21.05.2019, around 6:00 p.m., 11ti Oktomvri Street (Rampa, Kisela
Voda).
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One underage victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Three 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 in a part of the city visited by people from diverse ethnicities,
where similar cases have been previously registered.
Status of case: Identified perpetrator.
Response of the local authorities: Minutes filed for a determined misdemeanour pursuant to Article 12
from the LMPO.
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.
