What happened: On 12.012.2018, at 19:50, at the Police Precinct Bit Pazar, B.Sh. (42) from Skopje,
reported that on 12.12.2018, around 17:00 h, at the bus stop on “Krste Misirkov” Boulevard, her 16-year-old
son had been physically assaulted by several people. Measures are taken to solve the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 12.12.2018, araound 17:00, “Krste Misirkov” BLVD, Bitpazar,
Skopje.
Source of information: MoI’s newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one minor (age 16)
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC)
Perpetrator(s): several unknown perpetrators
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity – the victim is a minor and of a different ethnicity than the perpetrators;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – attacks of lone minors on the street, in the vicinity of a school, in a bus
3. Location – these types of attacks have often occurred on “Krste Misirkov” BLVD
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: By the time of writing of this report there was still no response from
MoI.
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
the two major ethnic communities in the country.
