Peer violence among teenagers in Skopje Sever

What happened: On 13.03.2019, around 5:00 p.m., it was reported at SEI Skopje that on Goce Stojcevski
Street (Butel, Skopje Sever) in Skopje, a 14-year old boy physically assaulted a 13-year old boy, also from
Skopje, inflicting a stabbing wound to the boy. The wounded boy was transported to the General City
Hospital “St. Naum Ohridski”, where he received medical care. Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 13.03.2019, around 5:00 p.m., in Skopje Sever.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, kurir.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One minor.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM). Bodily Injury (Article 135 CC).
Perpetrator(s): One minor.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the victim and attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
2. Location – the event occurred in a municipality populated by diverse ethnic population, where
intolerance thrives among ethnic communities.
Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: The Department for Property Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Chair
filed a written notification to the PPPO Skopje against А.Lj. (14) from Skopje on the grounds of reasonable
suspicion for having inflicted the criminal offence Bodily Injury.
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.