November 13, 2020

A physical assault on a citizen from the Republic of Albania

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language

What happened: On 13.11.2020, around 10:30 p.m. at SIA Strumica, A.K. from Albania reported that he was physically assaulted by S.U. (55) from Valandovo in a casino in Valandovo. 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 national origin since the victim was assaulted because he had different nationality, with the bias indicators being:

  1. Language – the victim and the attacker spoke a different language;
  2. National origin – the involved individuals belonged to a different nationality.

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 national, 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
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