What happened: On 16.10.2018, at 22:30 h, at the Sector for Internal Affairs Skopje, F.A.Lj. (19) from Skopje
reported that at 22:00 h on the same day he had been physically assaulted by three unknown persons on
“Crnogorska” Street. Measures are taken to clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 16.10.2018, around 22:00 h, on “Crnogorska” Street.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one victim aged 19.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): three unknown perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity – the victim and the attackers are of a different ethnicity;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – attacks of young people in this part of the city had been previously
registered as well
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: To the request submitted to MoI in relation to this incident, asking
whether there are indicators confirming hate crime in this case, we got a response identical to the one in
MoI’s newsletter, stating that they are taking measures to fully solve the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
the two major ethnic communities in the country.
