What happened: A 17-year-old boy was physically attacked on the bus no. 9 which was traveling from
Topansko Pole to Bit Pazar by a few unknown persons, and thus he suffered bodily injuries.
Date, time and location of the incident: 3 April, around 13:45, on bus no. 9.
Source of information: Electronic medium MKD.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One minor.
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC)
Perpetrator(s): A group of unknown young people.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – the incident took place on the city bus no. 9 which transits through
an area inhabited by people of a different ethnicity;
2. Nature of the violence – it was a public incident.
Status of the case: Closed.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that according to the record checks of SIA Skopje, it was established
that the injured person had opted not to pursue for physical attack, for which an offi cial note was
drafted by PC Bit Pazar for information obtained from a direct conversation with a citizen.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
