What happened: On 23.12.2019, at 11:40 p.m., at SEI Skopje, О.D. (37) from Skopje reported that his
underage son was physically assaulted by two other minors around 10:15 p.m. on Filip Vtori Makedonski
Street, at the City Trade Centre. The police is working on solving the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 23.12.2019, 10:15 p.m., Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One underage victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386 from CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Two underage perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the perpetrators and victim belonged to a different ethnicity;
2. Location – the event occurred a place where similar incidents have previously been registered.
Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in
the country and the co-existence among different ethnic groups in society, and reflect particularly poorly
on children’s development and conduct.
