What happened: Several students got into a fight in Skopje high school “Zef Ljush Marku”. The Police
had to intervene to stop the fight.
Date, time and location of the incident: November 7th, 18:00hrs, Skopje high school “Zef Ljush Marku“.
Source of information: Local electronic media plusinfo.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Several high school students with unknown ethnic origin.
Type of the crime(s): Participation in a Fight (Art.132), Violence (Art.386).
Perpetrator(s): Several high school students 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 school 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: Unknown.
Response of local authorities: The MOI answered on the Request for information sent by the
Committee that they have submitted misdemeanour charges against seven pupils aged 16-18y/o.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This type of incidents brings into question the general
security situation in the country and the cohabitation between the different ethnic communities in
the society.
