What happened: Two migrants from Moroccowere beaten and robbed by three unknown perpetrators
in the vicinity of village Smokvica, Gevgelija. The perpetratorspresented themselves as police offi cers,
and started beating them with baseball bats, threatening with stun guns and robbed them taking 600
EUR and two mobile phones.
Date, time and location of the incident: December7th, 22:00hrs, in the vicinity of village Smokvica,
Gevgelija.
Source of information: The electronic media kumanovskimuabeti.
Victim(s) involved: Two Moroccan nationals.
Type of the crime(s): Robbery (Art.237 CCRM), Bodily harm (Art.130 CCRM).
Perpetrator(s): Three unknown 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:
1. 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 by members
of another group (Macedonian population) in the area where the incident occurred;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – this incident is the latest of a growing trend of robberies and assaults
against migrants.
Status of the case: Criminal charges submitted.
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. However,
they reported via the media that they have submitted criminal charges.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident puts into question the safety of migrants
entering and passing through the country.
