What happened: After a verbal argument, two 14-year-old children heavily injured an 18-year-old
person near the “Stop” café on “Bitpazarska” Street. The children attacked the person intentionally
by punching him in the head and chest and thus caused the injured party to fall on the ground and
gain a serious bodily injury which manifested as a head injury with brain injury, bleeding, and lungs
fi lled with liquid. Due to the infl icted injuries, his life was in danger. The Public Prosecutor’s Offi ce was
asked to impose detention of the two children.
Date, time and location of the incident: 6 November, at 01:00, “Bitpazarska” Street, Skopje.
Source of information: Daily newspaper Fokus.
Victim(s) involved: One person.
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Heavy bodily injury (Article 131, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Two minors.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In the incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – the incident took place in an area inhabited by people of different
ethnicities; it is possible that the victim and the perpetrators are of different ethnicities;
2. Nature of violence – it was a public incident.
Status of the case: Filed criminal charges against two persons.
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 criminal charges against two persons with the
Public Prosecutor’s Offi ce in Skopje.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
