Violence in Strumica, hate speech and misinformation
Igor Vckov from Strumica was brutally beaten a few days ago, he was beaten with bats and fists from a group of 10 people in the center of Strumica. The video which was published on the Facebook Page StrumicaOnline, shows a large group of people beating down Vckov, but it can be also seen that another young person (probably a young boy) was being beaten. The scenes seen in the video are due to another altercation which started in a casino, which according to comments and witnesses on social media was initiated due to the fact that the “Gypsies from Banica” were disturbing the female employee in the casino, and that is why they were beaten. Vckof has posted on Facebook that he was in the casino to play, and before he began to play, he asked the employee to bring him a beer. After some time, he asked for another beer, to which the employee said that he can’t have another. Afterwards, according to his testimonial, a physical altercation with the security of the casino happened. The fight continued in the center of Strumica where he was brutally beaten. He also said that the attackers were a part of the “Security of Zaev” and he called the Prime Minister and the institutions to solve the case. The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Strumica has formed a case for the event in the center of Strumica, when several individuals were part of a physical altercation. “Guidelines and orders have been issued to the competent authorities for submitting data and establishing the identity of the persons who participated in the event. "The prosecution continues to take continuous actions in order to clear up the event," as stated by the Public Prosecutor's Office.