What happened: Two juvenile persons were physically attacked by a large group of males aged 16-
18 years on the street Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Skopje neighbourhood of Butel. One of the
juveniles was injured with a hard object around the area of his left shoulder, probably with a knife,
after which he was given medical assistance at the Mother Teresa Emergency Centre. Reportedly, the
physical attack occurred in the school yard of Zef Ljush Marku.
Date, time and location of the incident: 18 December, 21:00, St. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source of information: Electronic media outlet Skopjeinfo.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Two juvenile persons.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC)
Perpetrator(s): A group of several people.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language, while the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – due to the fact that the incident took place in an area inhabited
by a mixed ethnic population; it is possible that the ethnicity of the perpetrators was different to the
ethnicity of the victims.
2. Nature of the violence – the incident took place in public;
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: The MoI’s response to the MHC request for public information
regarding this incident stated that the SIA Skopje had submitted a written notification to the Basic
Public Prosecution Skopje for the reported criminal act of Violence in accordance with Article 386
from CC.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
