What happened: While waiting to cross the street, a young boy was attacked without reason when
an automobile stopped next to him, a person came out and hit the boy in the head with a heavy
object. The boy fell unconscious after which he was transferred to a hospital by an ambulance vehicle.
Witnesses report that they had noted the license plate number of the vehicle the perpetrators were in.
Date, time and location of the incident: May 23rd, Karposh, Skopje.
Source of information: National electronic media Press24.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One young men with unknown ethnic origin.
Type of the crime(s): Severe Bodily Harm Art. 131 CCRM.
Perpetrator(s): Unknown number of perpetrator/s.
Brief description of incident with bias indicators: The bias motive in this incident is ethnic origin,
citizenship or language, and the bias indicators in this incident are:
1. Nature of violence – the incident was carried out in public.
2. Lack of other motives.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of local authorities: The Ministry of Interior stated via Answer upon a Request for infor-
mation of public character sent by the Committee that the victim refused medical attention and left
the scene at his own will, and therefore, they haven’t registered any incident in their official records.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This type of incidents brings into question the general security
situation in the country and the cohabitation between the different ethnic communities in the society.
