What happened: On 16. 08.2018, at 12:40, at the Police Precinct Centar, D.S. (18) from Skopje, reported that
on the same day, at 00:35 h, at the bus stop on “Dimitrija Chupovski” Street, when getting on PTC’s bus no.5, he
was physically assaulted by two unknown persons. Measures are taken to solve the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: On 16.08.2018, at 12:40, at the bus stop on “Dimitrija Chupovski”
Street, bus no. 5.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: young male (18).
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC)
Perpetrator(s): two unknown 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 – PTC bus no. 5 transits through a region where people of different ethnicities
(Macedonians and Albanians) live in and move through;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – similar to all previous stoning and attacks of busses, as well as attacks in
public transport buses
3. Location – The incident took place at a bus stop on a street where similar attacks had taken place
previously as well, and where people of different ethnic communities live and move through.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: In the response we got from MoI, they informed us that they were working
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.
