What happened: On 03.07.2020, at 8:20 p.m., at SIA Skopje it was reported that in the school yard on Prizrenska Street, three unidentified individuals who had arrived in a vehicle Volkswagen Touran with unknown licence plates, started harassing A.K. (18) and two 15-year old and one 17-year old teenagers, and then physically assaulted other 15 and 16-year olds, inflicting injuries on them. Next, the unidentified individuals shot 2-3 bullets in the air from a gun and left the scene. A team from SIA Skopje inspected the crime scene and found one bullet fragment. Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnic origin, with the bias indicators being:
- Ethnic origin – the victims and attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
- Pattern of previous incidents – assaults on unaccompanied teenagers on streets, near schools, on busses.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country, the cohabitation among different ethnic groups in society and particularly the safety of children and young people in surroundings that should be safe for them (schools, public transport, the environment where they live and commute).
