What happened: A 25-year-old from Studenicani was brutally attacked by several unknown people. The
\nattack occurred at \u201cJugodrvo\u201d in Skopje, where the person was waiting for the bus to Studenichani.
\nAccording to his statements in the media, the people who beat him were fans of \u201cVardar\u201d who were
\nheaded to the main square to celebrate the victory of \u201cVardar\u201d in the league of European handball
\nchampions. Namely, several persons got off bus number 5 and asked him if he was an Albanian. When
\nconfirmed, they started hitting him. One person caught him and held him while the others were
\nhitting him. Then, they stripped off his shirt and drew some crosses back and forth across his body
\nwith a knife. There were five attackers and four of them beat him, while one did not come close. They
\nwere wearing masks, shawls with state symbols and shirts of \u201cVardar\u201d. After the attack they headed
\nfor the square.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 4 June, 22:00, near Jugodrvo, Skopje
\nSource of information: Electronic media outlet Alsat-\u041c.
\nVictim(s) involved: One person.
\nType of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC)
\nPerpetrator(s): Five people
\nBrief decription of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
\nnationality or language, while the bias indicators are:
\n1. Difference in ethnicity \u2013 the victim was attacked after he confirmed that he was an Albanian: the
\nattackers had a symbol on them \u2013 the state flag;
\n2. The nature of the violence \u2013 the incident took place in public<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Unknown
\nResponse of the local authorities: The MoI\u2019s response to the MHC request for public information
\nregarding this incident stated that SIA Skopje had submitted the form from a statement taken (KU
\nno. 5225\/17) for the reported crime of \u201cViolence\u201d in accordance with Article 386 from the CC.
\nImpact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the general stability, as
\nwell as the ethnic coexistence of the two major ethnicities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: A 25-year-old from Studenicani was brutally attacked by several unknown people. The attack occurred at \u201cJugodrvo\u201d in Skopje, where the person was waiting for the bus to Studenichani. According to his statements in the media, the people who beat him were fans of \u201cVardar\u201d who were headed to… […]<\/p>\n