What happened: On 20.09.2018, at 14:00, at the Police Precinct Gazi Baba, A.Z. (45) from the village of
Singjelikj – Skopje region, reported that at 13:30, at the bus stop on “Aleksandar Makedonski” Boulevard, on
bus no. 65 his 15-year-old son was attacked by several underage persons. Measures are taken to solve the
case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 20.09.2018, 13:30, on bus no. 65, at the bus stop on “Aleksandar
Makedonski” boulevard.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one underage person.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC)
Perpetrator(s): several underage persons.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity – the victim is a minor, and of a different ethnicity than the perpetrators;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – assaults of lone minors on the street, in the vicinity of a school, on a bus.
3. Location – bus no.65 has often been the scene of such incidents.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: Measures are taken to solve the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
the two major ethnic communities in the country.
