What happened: R.S. (49) from Skopje on 13 January 2019, around 10:10 p.m., reported that his
son and a friend of the son were assaulted on the Kuzman Josifovski Pitu Blvd. The police is taking
measures to solve the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 13.01.2019, around 10:10 p.m., Kuzman Josifovski Pitu Blvd. Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: Two underage victims.
Type of crime: Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrators: Three unidentified perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with
the bias indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the victims and attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
2. Location – the city centre, near the Transport Centre and Vero Centre, a location for
numerous bus stops for the local public transport, and where bus line connecting parts
of the city with different ethnic communities intersect, making it a place where people
with different ethnicity encounter.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of local authorities: MOI has no confirmation on the incident’s indicators.
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.
