What happened: On the road Gradsko – Veles, in the vicinity of the place called Venule, several
unknown perpetrators have assaulted and robbed four Syrian nationals, taking them money, mobile
telephones, and Syrian passports.
Date, time and location of the incident: January 21st, 16:30 hrs, on the road Gradsko – Veles, in the
vicinity of the place called Venule.
Source of information: The electronic media Republika.
Victim(s) involved: Four Syrian nationals.
Type of the crime(s): Robbery (Art.237 CCRM), Violence (Art.386 CCRM).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown group of several 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. Difference in ethnic background – the ethnic background of the perpetrators and the victim differ;
the victim is a member of a group (Syrian migrant) that is overwhelmingly outnumbered by members
of another group (Macedonian population) in the area where the incident occurred;
Status of the case: Incident was reported to the local authorities.
Response of local authorities: To the moment of writing this report, the MOI hasn’t answered upon
the Request for public information that the Committee has sent in relation to this incident. However,
they reported via the media that they undertake the necessary measures for clarifi cation of the case.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident puts into question the safety of migrants
entering and passing through the country.
