What happened: On 24.07.2018, at 11:30 h, at the railroad Tabanovce-Preshevo, police officers discovered
\neight persons \u2013 migrants from Iran. These persons reported that on the same day, after they illegally entered
\nNorth Macedonia from the Republic of Greece, at about 200 meters distance from the borderline with R.
\nSerbia, two unknown persons, threatening them with a knife, proceeded to rob them, depriving them of 8000
\nEUR. The team of the Red Cross provided the migrants with medical aid. Measures are taken to fully clarify the
\ncase.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 24.07.2018, at 11:39, at the railroad Tabanovce-Preshevo
\nSource of information: MoI\u2019s daily newsletter.
\nVictim(s) involved: eight persons \u2013 migrants.
\nType of crime(s): Robbery (Article 237 CC),
\nPerpetrator(s): several unknown perpetrators.<\/p>\n
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is the status of a migrant-
\nrefugee, as the victims were migrants, and the bias indicators are:<\/p>\n
1. Status of a migrant\/refugee \u2013 the victims are migrants\/refugees;
\n2. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 attacks of migrants, especially in the vicinity of a railroad, have been also
\nregistered before<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Unknown.
\nResponse of the local authorities: By the time this report was finished, there was no response from MoI.
\n(We got a response from MoI in January 2019, they have taken record of the case, but say it is not under their
\njurisdiction)
\nImpact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of the
\ntwo major ethnic communities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: On 24.07.2018, at 11:30 h, at the railroad Tabanovce-Preshevo, police officers discovered eight persons \u2013 migrants from Iran. These persons reported that on the same day, after they illegally entered North Macedonia from the Republic of Greece, at about 200 meters distance from the borderline with R. Serbia,… […]<\/p>\n