What happened: In the yard of the masque, three people assaulted and robbed an Afghanistan national.
The victim gained severe bodily harm and the assailants took his mobile telephone and approx. 400 EUR.
Date, time and location of the incident: May 15th, 02:00 hrs, the masque in the village of Lojane,
Kumanovo.
Source of information: The electronic media Kumanovskimuabeti.
Victim(s) involved: One Afghan national.
Type of the crime(s): Robbery (Art.237 CCRM), Heavily bodily harm (Art.131 CCRM), Violence (Art.386
CCRM).
Perpetrator(s): Group of three 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 (Afghan migrant) that is overwhelmingly outnumbered bymembers
of another group (Macedonian population) in the area where the incident occurred;
Status of the case: Criminal charges submitted.
Response of local authorities: Answering upon a Request for information of public character, the
Ministry of Interior Affairs (MOI) answered that they have submitted criminal charges against three
suspects for the act of Robbery.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident puts into question the safety of migrants
entering and passing through the country.
