September 27, 2020

A physical assault on the basis of different ethnicity

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language

What happened: On 27.09.2020, at the Police Station Centre, a 21-year old man reported to the police that another 21-year old man physically assaulted him with no particular reason.

Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is the assumed ethnic origin because the minor spoke a language different from the one of the perpetrator, with the bias indicators being:

  1. Language – the victim and the attacker spoke different languages;
  2. Ethnic origin – the victim and the perpetrator belonged to a different ethnic community.

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
Under investigation
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault) Violence
A physical assault on the basis of different ethnicity image