What happened: On 25.02.2020, at 12:30 p.m., at the Chair Police Station, E.A. (42) from Skopje reported that on 14.02.2020, his underage son, a student at the Zivko Brajkovski Primary School, was physically assaulted by two other students after classes in the vicinity of the school. Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnic origin, with the bias indicators being:
- Ethnic origin – the victim and attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
- Pattern of previous incidents – assaults of unaccompanied teenagers on the street, near schools, on busses;
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country, the cohabitation among different ethnic groups in society and particularly the safety of children and young people in surroundings that should be safe and secure for them (schools, public transport, the environment where they live and commute).
