What happened: On 16 January 2019, at 11:20 p.m. at the Police Station Centre, V.I. (52) from Skopje
reported that on the same day, around 10:30 p.m., on the Kuzman Josifovski-Pitu Blvd., two boys at the age
of 16 were physically assaulted by several individuals. Measures are being taken to fully resolve the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 16.01.2019, at 10:30 p.m., Kuzman Josifovski-Pitu Blvd. Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newspaper.
Victim(s) involved: Two minors.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrators: Several unidentified perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the victims and attackers belonged to different ethnic communities;
2. Location – part of the city near the Transport Centre and Vero Centre with a mixed ethnic
structure, the location of numerous bus stops for the local public transport, and where bus
line connecting parts of the city with different ethnic communities intersect, making it a
place where people with different ethnicity encounter.
Status of the case: The Police Station Centre made minutes on the receipt of the report pursuant to Article
12 from the Law on misdemeanors against the public order (LMPO)LMPOLMPO and currently measures are
being taken to solve the physical assault.
Response of the local authorities: MOI has no confirmation on the incident’s indicators.
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 the society.
