What happened: Minors – students at the “Dimitar Vlahov” Secondary School in Skopje, were
physically attacked on few occasions by several persons at the Transport Center in Skopje, at the
parking space under the overpass by the depot of the Towing Service.
Date, time and location of the incident: 20 February, around 13:30, at the parking space under the
overpass by the depot of the Towing Service near the Transport Center in Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic medium Reporter.mk
Victim(s) involved: Several minors.
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC).
Perpetrator(s): A group of several unknown persons
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – due to the different ethnic origin of students in the aforementioned
school, it is possible that the ethnicity of the perpetrators is different from the ethnicity of the victim;
2. Nature of the violence – it was a public incident.
Status of the case: Filed request for initiation of a misdemeanor procedure.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that SIA Skopje fi led a request for initiation of a misdemeanour
procedure with the Primary Court Skopje 1 Skopje – Misdemeanour Department.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
