What happened: Unknown, masked perpetrators stoned four cars in the Skopje municipality of Gjorche
Petrov shortly after the end of the football match between FC “Shkendija” and FC “Mlada Boleslav”
from the Czech Republic. The incident happened when the perpetrators began throwing various
objects such as stones and paving tiles at four cars. The police informed that the following vehicles
were stoned: Audi automobile with license plates from Tetovo, driven by A. M. (27) from the village
of Prshovce, a BMW automobile with Swiss license plates, driven by I.N. (42) from the village of Dolno
Palchishte, and an Audi 7 automobile with German license plates, driven by A. T. (41) from Gostivar.
Date, time and location of the incident: 28 July, around 22:00, on “Gjorche Petrov” Street, Skopje
Source of information: Electronic medium MKD.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Aside from the material damage, there were no victims of this incident.
Type of the crime(s): Damage to objects of others (Article 243, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity –the incident took place in an area inhabited by people of different
ethnicity; shortly after the end of the football match which involved a football team whose fans are
assumed to be of different ethnicity than the persons who live in the area where the incident occurred;
2. Time – the incident took place shortly after a football match which involved a team whose fans
are assumed to be of a different ethnicity than the persons who live in the area where the incident
occurred.
Status of the case: Closed.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that shortly after the reporting of the incident, police offi cers
from PS “Gjorche Petrov” went to the location of the incident and talked to the person who reported
it, and thus he stated that he would not fi le charges and he would refrain from initiating further
proceedings.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the safety in the
country in general, the coexistence of different ethnic groups in the society and the safety of people
attending or near sports matches.
