September 6, 2019

Girl assaulted by a female fellow student in a high school in Skopje

Incident
incidents committed due to ethnicity
Violence against minors

What happened: On 06.09.2019, at 3:50 p.m., at SEI Skopje, C.Lj. (58) from Skopje, reported that his 15-
year old daughter was physically assaulted by a female fellow student in a high school on Strezovo Street.
Measures are being taken to solve the case.

Date, time and place of incident: 06.09.2019, 3:50 p.m., Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One underage victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): One unidentified underage perpetrator.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the victim and perpetrators belong to a different ethnic community;
2. Location – the event occurred at a school attended by a mixed ethnic population.

Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in
the country and the co-existence among different ethnic groups in society, and reflect particularly poorly
on children’s development and conduct.

Address
Strezovo Street
Location Name
Strezovo Street

Number of victims
1
Number of Perpetrators
1
Status of the case
No information
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault) Violence
Incident location
Institution
How did the police react?
They investigated the incident
Have there been similar incidents / crimes in the same location?
Yes
Girl assaulted by a female fellow student in a high school in Skopje image

Criminal offences

Against the Public Order
Violence

Grounds

Nationality Ethnic origin