What happened: Two unknown perpetrators assaulted two sixteen y/o and one fourteen y/o boys on
a parking lot behind Kapitol Trade Centre. The victims managed to escape, but they got separated.
The perpetrators followed and caught up with the 14 y/o boy, and assaulted him again. After he
managed to escape for the second time, the perpetrators got back to the Kapitol TC and fi red several
shots in unknown direction. The 14 y/o boy was taken to hospital, where was diagnosed with bodily
injuries.
Date, time and location of the incident: January 27th, 2015, municipality of Aerodrom, Skopje.
Source of information: The electronic media Mkd.
Victim(s) involved: Two 16 y/o and one 14 y/o males from Skopje.
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Art.386 CCRM), Endangerment of safety (Art.144 CCRM), Bodily harm
(Art.130 CCRM).
Perpetrator(s): Two unknown perpetrators.
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. Possible difference in ethnic background between perpetrators and victims – the incident occurred in
an area populated predominately by Macedonians. However, the media reports that one 16 y/o boy
was taken into Police custody, in the Police station Bit Pazar, which has jurisdiction over an area
populated predominately by Albanians;
2. Nature of violence – the incident was carried out in public;
3. Lack of other motives.
Status of the case: Incident was reported to the local authorities.
Response of local authorities: Answering upon a Request for information of public character, the
Ministry of Interior Affairs (MOI) answered that criminal charges against two perpetrators ware
submitted for the acts of Violence and Endangerment of safety.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident puts into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two major communities in the country.
