May 22, 2023

Hate incident due to ethnical belonging

Incident
incidents committed due to ethnicity

What happened: An 18-year-old boy from Studenichani village (municipality of Studenichani), reported to the Skopje Information and Command Centre, that two assailants physically assaulted him and his friend for no obvious reason. Moreover, one of the assailants reportedly, threatened them with a knife.

Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the ethnic origin, with the bias indicators being:

  1. Supposed different ethnic origin
  2. Absence of other motives – the victims were attacked for no obvious reason
  3. Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country and the cohabitation among the different ethnic and linguistic groups in society.


Number of victims
2
Number of Perpetrators
2
Status of the case
No information
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault)
Hate incident due to ethnical belonging image