What happened: A 17-year-old minor from Tetovo was physically attacked by three unknown persons.
The minor was taken to the Clinical Center in Tetovo for medical care.
Date, time and location of the incident: 5 March, around 12:00, at “Fushtanska” Street in Tetovo.
Source of information: Electronic medium Reporter.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One minor.
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily Injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): A group of three unknown perpetrators.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – the incident took place in a town inhabited by people of a different
ethnicity;
2. Nature of the violence – it was a public incident.
Status of the case: Not registered
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that a check had been carried out, after which it was established
that such an incident had not been reported to the PC-Tetovo.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
