What happened: Two migrants from Moroccowere beaten and robbed by three unknown perpetrators
\nin the vicinity of village Smokvica, Gevgelija. The perpetratorspresented themselves as police offi cers,
\nand started beating them with baseball bats, threatening with stun guns and robbed them taking 600
\nEUR and two mobile phones.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: December7th, 22:00hrs, in the vicinity of village Smokvica,
\nGevgelija.
\nSource of information: The electronic media kumanovskimuabeti.
\nVictim(s) involved: Two Moroccan nationals.
\nType of the crime(s): Robbery (Art.237 CCRM), Bodily harm (Art.130 CCRM).
\nPerpetrator(s): Three unknown perpetrators.
\nBrief description of incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the ethnic origin,
\ncitizenship or language, and the bias indicators are:
\n1. Difference in ethnic background\u2013 the ethnic background of the perpetrators and the victim differ;
\nthe victim is a member of a group (Syrian migrant) that is overwhelmingly outnumbered by members
\nof another group (Macedonian population) in the area where the incident occurred;
\n2. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 this incident is the latest of a growing trend of robberies and assaults
\nagainst migrants.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Criminal charges submitted.
\nResponse of local authorities: To the moment of writing this report, the MOI hasn\u2019t answered upon
\nthe Request for public information that the Committee has sent in relation to this incident. However,
\nthey reported via the media that they have submitted criminal charges.
\nImpact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident puts into question the safety of migrants
\nentering and passing through the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: Two migrants from Moroccowere beaten and robbed by three unknown perpetrators in the vicinity of village Smokvica, Gevgelija. The perpetratorspresented themselves as police offi cers, and started beating them with baseball bats, threatening with stun guns and robbed them taking 600 EUR and two mobile phones. Date, time… […]<\/p>\n