What happened: On 24.07.2019, at 02:10 a.m., at the Police Department Matejche it was reported that
foreign citizens were injured in the village of Vaksince, Municipality Lipkovo. Police officers investigated the scene and found А.R.(23), М.K.(20), H.А.(23) and N.Т.(24), all from Pakistan with injuries on their bodies.
According to them, they were assaulted by several other Pakistanis who escaped the scene after the assault.
The victims were transferred to the Emergency Centre in Kumanovo and received medical care, after which
A.R. and H.A., who had suffered stabbing wounds on the legs, were transferred to the Emergency Centre at
the Clinical Centre “Mother Theresa”, while the others were kept for treatment at the Kumanovo Hospital.
The crime scene was inspected and measures are being taken to solve the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 09.06.2019, at 10:30 p.m., Metodija Mitevski Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: Several victims.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Several unidentified perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Location – the event occurred in a part of the town transited by illegal migrants, where similar
incidents have occurred previously;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – The puncture wounds on the victims’ legs implied particular
brutality during the assault.
Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: Measures are being taken to completely solve the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in
the country and the co-existence in the country.
