What happened: On the Day of Albanian flag there was a fight that culminated with stabbing among
young people in the vicinity of Skopje high school “Cvetan Dimov”. The injured youngsters were
Albanians and after the incident they were transferred in Skopje City Hospital for medical treatment.
Date, time and location of the incident: November 28th, 15:30hrs vicinity of Skopje high school
“Cvetan Dimov”, municipality of Chair.
Source of information: National newspaper Nova Makedonija.
Victim(s) involved: Two Albanian males (18 and 26 y/o).
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Art.386), Severe Bodily Harm (Art.131), Participation in a Fight (Art.132),
Endangerment of Safety (Art.144), Endangerment by dangerous means during a fight or argument
(Art.133).
Perpetrator(s): A group of youngsters with unknown ethnic origin.
Brief description of incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the ethnic origin,
citizenship or language, and the bias indicators are:
1. Nature of violence – The incident was carried out in public.
2. Timing – the incident occurred on the Day of the Albanian Flag.
Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of local authorities: The MOI answered on the Request for information sent by the
Committee that they have submitted a report to the public prosecutor for the act of Severe bodily
harm against an unknown perpetrator.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This type of incidents brings into question the general
security situation in the country and the cohabitation between the different ethnic communities in
the society.
