June 9, 2019

An assault in Gjorche Petrov

Incident
incidents committed due to ethnicity

What happened: On 09.06.2019, at 01:10 a.m., at SEI Skopje, S.P. (23) from Skopje reported that he was
physically assaulted by three individuals on Boris Sarafov Street, Gjorche Petrov. The police is working on
solving the case.

Date, time and place of incident: 09.06.2019, at 01:10 a.m., Boris Sarafov Street, Gjorche Petrov.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Three 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 victim and attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
2. Location – the event occurred in a part of the city populated by diverse ethnic population,
where similar incidents were previously registered.

Status of case: Closed.
Response of the local authorities: The police is working on solving the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety the country and the co-existence among different ethnic groups in society.

Address
"Boris Sarafov" - Gjorche Petrov
Location Name
"Boris Sarafov" - Gjorche Petrov

Number of victims
1
Number of Perpetrators
3
Status of the case
No information
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault) Violence
Incident location
Street
How did the police react?
They investigated the incident
Have there been similar incidents / crimes in the same location?
Yes
An assault in Gjorche Petrov image

Criminal offences

Against the Public Order
Violence

Grounds

Nationality Ethnic origin