What happened: An unknown perpetrator physically attacked a police officer who was securing the interior
\nof the premises. The police officer heard sounds in front of the building and when he went outside he noticed
\nseveral unknown people, one of whom physically attacked him. In relation to the incident M.J. (30) and F.V.
\n(30), both from Skopje, were taken in custody, together with .D. (29) from Kumanovo and V.D. (32) from Tetovo.
\nMeasures are taken to fully solve the case.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 28.03.2018, around 01.30 in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
\nin Skopje
\nSource of information: MoI\u2019s daily newsletter
\nVictim(s) involved: an assaulted police officer
\nType of crime(s): Bodily injury (Article 130 \u043e\u0434 CC), Assaulting an official while performing security duties
\n(Article 383 of CC)
\nPerpetrator(s): 4 identified perpetrators
\nBrief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
\nbias indicators are:
\n1. Ethnicity \u2013 the victim and the perpetrators are of different ethnicities<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Unknown.
\nResponse of the local authorities: MoI provided a response to the Committee\u2019s request for public information
\nregarding this incident from their own records, but they did not confirm any of the indicators qualifying this
\ncrime as a hate crime.
\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: An unknown perpetrator physically attacked a police officer who was securing the interior of the premises. The police officer heard sounds in front of the building and when he went outside he noticed several unknown people, one of whom physically attacked him. In relation to the incident M.J…. […]<\/p>\n