What happened: At noon on 1 March 2018, a 17-year-old boy was stabbed at \u201cRekord\u201d in the center of
\nSkopje, MoI informed.
\nThe boy was assaulted by two persons and stabbed with a sharp object in his stomach. The perpetrators
\nmost likely used a knife.
\nThe attack took place at 12:40 at the bustling bus stop of Rekord in the center of Skopje. The passers-by
\ncalled an ambulance, and the injured teenager was taken to the General Hospital St. Naum of Ohrid.
\nThe police is investigating the case, two perpetrators have been taken into custody, and two criminal
\ncharges have been pressed against them.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 1 March 2018, at noon, Rekord, Skopje.
\nSource of information: Daily newsletter of the Ministry of Interior, the electronic media outlet sportmedia.
\nmk: electronic media outlet sportclub.mk, television channel: Kanal 5 TV.
\nVictim(s) involved: a 16-year-old student who is also a fan of Komiti.
\nType of crime(s): Heavy bodily injury (Article 131, CC), Violence (Article 386, CC)
\nPerpetrator(s): two idenified perpetrators.
\nBrief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
\nbias indicators are:
\n1. Ethnicity and affiliation with a supporters\u2019 group \u2013 the victim was of Macedonian ethnicity and was a
\nmember of the supporters\u2019 group \u201cKomiti\u201d, while the attackers were allegedly of Albanian ethnicity and
\nwere members of the supporters\u2019 group \u201cShverceri\u201d, although the leaders of the two supporters\u2019 groups
\ndenied this;
\n2. The location \u2013The incident took place in public, at a bus stop.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: criminal charges were pressed against the minor (15) and R.A. (18) for the crime of
\n\u201cViolence\u201d under Article 386 \u043e\u0434 CC. There is no information on the subsequent course of the proceedings.
\nResponse of the local authorities: MoI provided a response to the Committee\u2019s request for public
\ninformation regarding this incident from their own records, but they did not confirm any of the indicators
\nqualifying this crime as a hate crime.
\nImpact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
\nthe two major ethnic communities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: At noon on 1 March 2018, a 17-year-old boy was stabbed at \u201cRekord\u201d in the center of Skopje, MoI informed. The boy was assaulted by two persons and stabbed with a sharp object in his stomach. The perpetrators most likely used a knife. The attack took place at… […]<\/p>\n