What happened: On 21.05.2019, around 10:25 p.m. at the Police Station Gjorche Petrov, S.I. (26) from
Skopje reported that on the same day, around 10:00 p.m., he was physically assaulted on Luka Gerov Street
by S.R.(18), H.H.(15) and S.S. (18), all from Skopje. The police filed minutes on a determined misdemeanour
pursuant to Article 12 from the MPOPRNM.
Date, time and place of incident: 21.05.2019, around 10:00 p.m., Luka Gerov Street, Gjorche Petrov.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Three identified perpetrators, one minor.
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 incident occurred in a part of the town populated by diverse ethnic population
where such incidents are common.
Status of case: Misdemeanour pursuant to Article 12 from the LMPO.
Response of the local authorities: The Ministry of Interior registered the case as a 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.
