December 16, 2020

A physical assault from three individuals

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language

What happened: On 16.12.2020, at 4:49 p.m., at SIA Skopje, D.M. reported that he and R.Kj. were physically assaulted by three individuals on Vera Radosavlevic Street.

Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is the assumed ethnic origin since the assault took place because the victims spoke a language different from the attackers, with the bias indicators being:

  1. Language – the victims involved spoke a different language from the attackers;
  2. Ethnic origin – the individuals involved belonged to different ethnicities.

Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country and the cohabitation among the different ethnic and linguistic groups in society.


Number of victims
2
Number of Perpetrators
3
Status of the case
Under investigation
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault) Violence
A physical assault from three individuals image