What happened: On 11.11.2018, at 22:00 at the Police Precinct Centar, B.A. (21) from the village of Saraj
– Skopje region, reported that on the same day, at around 20:00 h, in front of a café on “Aminta Treti” Street,
he was physically assaulted by two persons. Measures are taken to solve the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 11.11.2018, around 20:00 h, in front of a café on “Aminta Treti”
Street
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one male aged 21.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): two unknown perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity – the victim and the attacker are of a different ethnicity;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – attacks of young people in this part of town have been registered
previously as well.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: To the request submitted to MoI in relation to this incident, asking
whether there are indicators confirming hate crime in this case, we got a response identical to the one in
MoI’s newsletter, stating that they are taking measures to fully solve the case
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
the two major ethnic communities in the country.
