A young man stabbed in Chair, on John Kennedy Street

What happened: On 08.03.2019, at 10:10 p.m., at SEI Skopje, it was reported that on John Kennedy Street,
K.S. (24) from Skopje, following a verbal fight, was physically assaulted by Lj.A. (25) from Skopje, who
accompanied by another person stabbed K.S.. The victim was transported to the Clinical Centre “Mother
Theresa” and received medical care. Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 08.03.2019, at 10:10 p.m., John Kennedy Street, Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, press24.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM). Bodily Injury (Article 135 from CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): One identified perpetrator.
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 event occurred in a municipality populated by diverse ethnic population, where
intolerance thrives among ethnic communities.
Status of case: Perpetrator identified.
Response of the local authorities: Criminal charges pressed against А.Lj. (25) from Skopje on the grounds of
reasonable suspicion of having committed the criminal offence Violence pursuant to Article 386 from the
CC of RNM.
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.