What happened: On 22 January 2019, at 7:30 p.m., at SIA Skopje, U.А.(54) from Skopje reported that on
the same day, around 7:00 p.m., while driving the bus line no. 19 along the Partizanski Odredi Blvd., he was
physically assaulted by an unknown person. Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Date, time and place of incidents: 22.01.2019, around 7:00 p.m., bus line no. 19 along the Partizanski Odredi
Blvd.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: One victim (U.А. 54).
Тype of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): One unidentified perpetrator.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Different ethnicity – the victim and attacker belonged to a different ethnic community;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – assaults on public buses;
3. Location – bus line no. 19 transits through neighbourhoods populated by different ethnicities.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MOI lacks sufficient information on the incident’s indicators.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in
the country and the co-existence among the different ethnic groups in society.
