What happened: Near Skopje, at a railway station outside the city, two Moroccan migrants were
tortured by three unknown persons with baseball bats and electric shocks after they robbed them of
300 euros, passports and a “Sony” mobile phone.
Date, time and location of the incident: 7 January, at 13:15, at a railway station near Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic medium MKD.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Two Moroccans.
Type of the crime(s): Robbery (Article 237, CC), Violence (Article 386, CC), Burglary (Article 236, CC)
Perpetrator(s): 3 unknown perpetrators.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity – the ethnicity of the perpetrators is different from the ethnicity of the
victims; the victims are members of a group (Moroccan migrants) which is signifi cantly outnumbered
by citizens of the area where the incident occurred;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – this incident is the latest in a growing trend of robberies and attacks
on migrants.
Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that after the reporting of the incident, the Public Prosecutor of
the Public Prosecutor’s Offi ce in Kumanovo was informed about the incident and a record was made
of the reported incident which was sent via offi cial mail to SIA Skopje for further investigation.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the safety of migrants
entering and passing through the country.
