July 15, 2019

An assault in Gjorche Petrov

Incident
incidents committed due to ethnicity

What happened: On 15.07.2019, at 4:15 p.m., at the Police Station in Gjorche Petrov, I.А.(30) from Skopje,
reported that on the same day, around 3:50 p.m., he was physically assaulted by four unidentified individuals
on Street No.1596. The police is working on solving the case.

Date, time and place of incident: 15.07.2019, at 3:50 p.m., Gjorche Petrov, Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One adult.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Four 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 perpetrator and victim belonged to a different ethnic community;
2. Location – the event occurred at a location visited by diverse ethnic population with thriving
intolerance among the ethnic communities.

Status of case: Unknown.
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 in
the country and the co-existence among different ethnic groups in society.

Address
1596 Street
Location Name
Gjorce Petrov, Skopje, North Macedonia

Number of victims
1
Number of Perpetrators
4
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