June 20, 2020

A physical assault in the City Park in Skopje

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language

What happened: On 20.06.2020, at 01:20 a.m., at SIA Skopje, B.P. (19) from Skopje reported that at 12:30 a.m., while with A.M. in the City Park, near the fountain on Ilinden Blvd., he was physically assaulted with a glass bottle by five unidentified individuals following a misunderstanding. Measures are being taken to solve the case.

Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnic origin, with the bias indicators being:

  1. Ethnic origin – the victims and attackers belonged to different ethnic communities;
  2. Location – the location is visited by mixed ethnic population.

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


Number of victims
2
Number of Perpetrators
5
Status of the case
No information
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault) Violence
A physical assault in the City Park in Skopje image