What happened: On 02.07.2018, at 20:30, in the Police Precinct Kisela Voda, N.A. (48) from the village of
Studenichani, Skopje region, reported that on the same day, around 17:30, on the “Boris Trajkovski” Boulevard,
while he was on a bus of the Public Transport Company no. 67, was physically assaulted by the company ticket
control officer, Z.G (54) from the village of Oreshani, Skopje region. Measures are taken to fully clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 02.07.2018, 17:30, on bus no. 67.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one adult male.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): one identified perpetrator.
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 and the attackers are of a different ethnicity;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – assaults of citizens on a bus and at a bus stop had been registered
previously as well
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: By the time this report was finished, there was no response from MoI.
(We got the response in January 2019, the case was recorded as a violation under Article 12 of LVPPO)
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.
