What happened: In the late evening hours, two young men were attacked without a reason by a group
of six men.
Date, time and location of the incident: February 20th, 02:00am on the street Anton Dimitrov in
Drachevo, Skopje.
Source of information: The national electronic media mkd.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Two young men (19 and 17) with unknown ethnic origin, were attacked and suffered
visible injuries in the region of the face and head.
Type of the crime(s): Violence Art. 386 CCRM, Bodily Harm, Art. 130 CCRM.
Perpetrator(s): A group of six men 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. Presumed difference between perpetrator and victim on ethnicity – due to the mixed ethnic composition of
the population in the area of Drachevo, the ethnicity of the victim may differ from the one of the
perpetrator.
2. Nature of violence – the incident was carried out in public
Status of the case: Misdemeanour charges pressed.
Response of local authorities: After the Committee sent a Request for public information, the Police
responded that they had clarified the case, but didn’t specify anything about the possible motive.
Also, the perpetrators are brought up to misdemeanour charges against public peace and order.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This type of incidents brings into question the general
security in the country and the cohabitation between the Macedonians, on one side and the Albanians
as the two largest ethnic communities in the society.
