What happened: In a sweet shop on “Vladimir Komarov” St. in Skopje, two people, F.C. (19) and A.M.
(20), were physically attacked by 5 or 6 unknown males who were also present in the same sweet shop,
for no apparent reason. F.C. and A.M. were taken to the Remedika Hospital where a doctor found
that F.C. had sustained severe bodily injury. The daily bulletin of the MoI states that they are taking
measures to identify the perpetrators and fully solve the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 01 March, around 20:00, a sweet shop on “Vladimir Komarov”
St., Skopje.
Source of information: MoI daily bulletin, electronic media outlets Press24, Vesti.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Two people.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily Injury (Article 130, CC), Severe Bodily Injury (Article
131, CC)
Perpetrator(s): A group of 5 or 6 people.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language, while the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – due to the mixed ethnicity of the people frequenting the sweet
shop, it is possible that the members of the two groups had different ethnic origin;
2. Nature of the violence – the incident took place in public.
Status of the case: Unknown
Response of the local authorities: The MOI’s response to the MHC request for public information
regarding this incident, stated that SIA Skopje had submitted a written notification to the Basic
Public Prosecution Skopje (CU no.2284/17) for the reported criminal act of “Violence” in accordance
with Article 386 from CC.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence
of the two major ethnic communities in the country.
