What happened: There was a fight between two groups of pupils from two different high schools
on the boulevard that separates the two. The students from the high school Vlado Tasevski were
attacked by a group of students from the high school Marija Kiri Sklodovska.
Date, time and location of the incident: March 6th, 13:30hrs, Treta Makedonska Brigada blv. in Skopje.
Source of information: The local media 24Vesti.
Victim(s) involved: Two minor male high school students with unknown ethnic origin.
Type of the crime(s): Bodily harm, Art. 130 CCRM, Participation in a fight Art. 132 CCRM, Violence
Art. 386 CCRM.
Perpetrator(s): Fourteen male minor 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: Criminal charges pressed.
Response of local authorities: The Ministry of Interior stated via Answer upon a Request for
information of public character sent by the Committee that it has filed criminal charges against
four of the perpetrators for the criminal act of Violence Art. 386 CCRM. However, there has been no
answer as to the fact that indicates to the possible motive of the crime.
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 on the other, 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.
