August 6, 2020

An assault on a zebra crossing on Cvetan Dimov Street

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language

What happened: On 06.08.2020, at 02:00 a.m., at SIA Skopje, G.V. (29) from Skopje reported that around 01:30 a.m., he was physically assaulted on a zebra crossing on Cvetan Dimov Street by three unknown individuals. Measures are being taken to solve the case.

Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnic origin, with the bias indicators being:

  1. Ethnic origin – the victim and attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
  2. Pattern of previous incidents – assaults on streets, near schools, on busses.

Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country and the cohabitation among different ethnic groups in society.


Number of victims
1
Number of Perpetrators
3
Status of the case
No information
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault) Violence
An assault on a zebra crossing on Cvetan Dimov Street image