What happened: Five migrant were attacked by four persons in the village of Dubrovo. Prior to the
\nattack, the migrants were intercepted by the persons who offered them transportation to the border
\ncrossing with R. Serbia with a PMV \u201cAudi\u201d, for which they required 1000 euros, but the migrants
\npaid them 400 euros. The migrants got into the vehicle which was driven by one of the persons
\nand headed to Negotino. Shortly after that, a little further than the village of Udovo, the other
\ntwo persons, dressed in police uniforms, stopped the vehicle transporting the migrants and started
\nsearching them for money. The migrants resisted them and managed to take control of the \u201cAudi\u201d
\nvehicle of the secondly accused, and thus managed to escape.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 7 June, around 22:00, the village of Dubrovo
\nSource of information: Daily Newsletter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
\nVictim(s) involved: Five migrants.
\nType of the crime(s): Attempted robbery (Article 237, CC), Fraud (Article 247, CC), False presentation
\n(Article 391, CC).
\nPerpetrator(s): Four perpetrators.
\nBrief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
\nnationality or language and the bias indicators are:
\n1. Difference in ethnicity \u2212 the ethnicity of the perpetrators is different from the ethnicity of the
\nvictims; the victims are members of a group (migrants) which is signifi cantly outnumbered by citizens
\nof the area where the incident occurred.
\n2. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 this incident is the latest in a growing trend of robberies and attacks
\non migrants.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Filed criminal charges by SIA Veles against four persons.
\nResponse of Local Authorities: In MOI\u2019s response to the Committee\u2019s request for public information
\nregarding this incident, it is stated after the reporting of the event, PS Kavadarci fi led criminal charges
\nagainst four persons with the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Offi ce in Negotino, i.e. against E. E. (26) from
\nGermany, A. B. (36) from Veles, N. S. (23) from Veles, and A. M. (20) from Skopje due to the existence
\nof grounds for suspicion that the fi rst person had committed the following three criminal offenses:
\n\u201cFraud\u201d under Art. 247, Paragraph 1 of CC, \u201cFalse presentation\u201d under Art. 391, and \u201cAttempted
\nrobbery\u201d under Art. 237 in reference to Art. 19 of CC; the other three perpetrators committed two
\ncriminal offenses: \u201cFalse presentation\u201d under Art. 391 and \u201cAttempted robbery\u201d under Art. 237 in
\nreference to Art. 19 of CC.
\nImpact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the safety of migrants
\nentering and passing through the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: Five migrant were attacked by four persons in the village of Dubrovo. Prior to the attack, the migrants were intercepted by the persons who offered them transportation to the border crossing with R. Serbia with a PMV \u201cAudi\u201d, for which they required 1000 euros, but the migrants paid… […]<\/p>\n