What happened: On 25.05.2018, around 23.10 h, several unknown persons attacked a 16-year-old boy in
in bus no. 65. The perpetrators got on the bus in the village of Stajkovci and attacked the boy immediately.
Measures are taken to identify the perpetrators and fully clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 25.05.2018 around 23.:10, in bus no. 65, in the village of Stajkovci.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one underage person.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): several unknown perpetrators.
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 victims is a minor and of a different ethnicity than the perpetrators;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – attacks of underage persons in a bus.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that they have
registered this incident as a violation of the public order and peace and are taking measures to identify the
perpetrator(s).
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.
