What happened: On 02.07.2018, at 9:40, police officers from the Police Precinct for Border Surveillance
“Mihajlovo”, spotted to persons – migrants from Afghanistan, on the Negotino-Gradsko motorway, in the vicinity
of “Stobi”. They were interviewed and they stated that two days ago they had illegally crossed the Greek – North
Macedonian border on foot. The migrants, going along the railway, were intercepted by four people and robbed
at 07:00am, on 02.07.2018, whereby, according to their testimonies they were robbed of 700 EUR and two
mobile phones. The police officers handed over the migrants to the police officers from the Police Precinct
Negotino, for further proceedings. The police are working to fully clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: On 02.07.2018, at 07:00 h, in the vicinity of the railway station in
Negotino.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: two persons — refugees/migrants.
Type of crime(s): Robbery (Article 237 CC),
Perpetrator(s): several unknown perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is the victims’ status of
migrants, and the bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity – the victims are migrants — refugees;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – attacks of migrants, especially in the vicinity of a railroad or a road, have
been registered before.
Status of the case: Uknown.
Response of the local authorities: By the time this report was finished, there was still no answer from MoI.
(We got a response in January, and criminal charges were pressed against unknown persons under Article 237
of CC-Robbery, and the police is working to fully clarify the case.)
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
the two major ethnic communities in the country.
