What happened: A 17y/o pupil from Kumanovo, while returning home after school was attacked by
three pupils from the school Krste Misirkov in Kumanovo. At a certain moment, the perpetrators
pulled out a knife, but the victim managed to run away.
Date, time and location of the incident: February 21st, on the Blv. Narodna Revolucija in front of the
elementary school Krste Misirkov in Kumanovo.
Source of information: The national electronic media Netpress.
Victim(s) involved: One seventeen y/o male high school pupil with unknown ethnic origin.
Type of the crime(s): Violence Art. 386 CCRM, Bodily Harm, Art. 130 CCRM.
Perpetrator(s): A group of 3 elementary school pupils with unknown ethnic origin.
Brief description of incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the ethnic origin,
citizenship or language, and the bias indicators are:
1. Presumed difference between perpetrator and victim on ethnicity – Due to the mixed ethnic composition of
the schools the pupils attend, the ethnicity of the victims may differ from the one of the perpetrators.
2. Nature of violence – The incident was carried out in public.
3. Lack of other motives.
Status of the case: Misdemeanour charges pressed.
Response of local authorities: The authorities stated via the media that they are undertaking measu-
res for clarification of the case. After the Committee sent a Request for public information, the Po-
lice responded that they had clarified the case and had brought up misdemeanour charges against
the minors. The police didn’t specify anything about the possible motive.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This type of incidents brings into question the general
political situation in the country and the cohabitation between the Macedonians, on one side and
the Albanians as the two largest ethnic communities in the country, and additionally influences the
building of a multiethnic tolerant surrounding young people can grow up in.
