What happened: Syrian national was attacked by two unknown persons, who took 1.600 EUR from
him. He was taken into hospital, where he was diagnosed with bodily injuries and kept for further
treatment.
Date, time and location of the incident: March 17th, 19:45 hrs, Negotino.
Source of information: The electronic media Makfax.
Victim(s) involved: One Syrian national.
Type of the crime(s): Robbery (Art.237 CCRM), Bodily harm (Art.130 CCRM).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown group of three perpetrators.
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:
2. Difference in ethnic background– the ethnic background of the perpetrators and the victim differ;
the victim is a member of a group (Syrian migrant) that is overwhelmingly outnumbered bymembers
of another group (Macedonian population) in the area where the incident occurred;
3. Nature of violence – the incident was carried out in public;
Status of the case: Incident was reported to the local authorities.
Response of local authorities: To the moment of writing this report, the MOI hasn’t answered upon
the Request for public information that the Committee has sent in relation to this incident.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident puts into question the safety of migrants
entering and passing through the country.
