What happened: While walking in the vicinity of the Catholic Church in Skopje with two of his friends,
Stevcho Jakimovski was allegedly assaulted by a counselor from the Prime Minister’s cabinet. The case was
reported to the police station and the procedure to solve it is under way. The above-mentioned F.A. denied
the occurrence of any physical altercation and said that there had only been a verbal argument. Jakimovski
claims that allegedly, at the Police Precinct in Karposh they did not want to accept his report of this incident,
while F.A. claims that he was told that he needs to report the case to the Police Precinct in Centar.
Date, time and location of the incident: 20 March, 11:00, in the vicinity of the Catholic Church in Skopje.
Source of information: electronic media outlet netpress.com.mk
Victim(s) involved: Stevcho Jakimovski
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC)
Perpetrator(s): F.A. from Skopje.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the political
affiliation of the victim and the perpetrator, and the bias indicators are:
1. Pattern of previous incidents – This incident is one in the series of incidents against members or
supporters of political parties or former and acting officials.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to our request stated that the case had only been recorded
as a complaint.
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.
