November 13, 2020

A physical assault near a playground in the municipality of Gazi Baba

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language

What happened: On 13.11.2020, at 03:00 p.m., at SIA Skopje, А.S. (19) from the village of Idrizovo, Skopje, reported that around 01:30 p.m., he was assaulted by a minor near a playground in the municipality of Gazi Baba. Measures are being taken to solve the case.

Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is the assumed ethnic origin since the victim was assaulted because he spoke a different language, with the bias indicators being:

  1. Language – the victim and the attacker spoke a different language;
  2. Ethnic origin – the victim and the attacker belonged to a different ethnicity.

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
1
Number of Perpetrators
1
Status of the case
-
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault) Violence
A physical assault near a playground in the municipality of Gazi Baba image