What happened: Unknown persons stoned a bus at the Bit Pazar market. An eighteen-year-old who
was on the bus was hit by a stone in the head. He was immediately transferred to the Emergency
Center where he was held for treatment. At the time of the incident, the bus was transiting from
the center of the city towards Avtokomanda. According to MOI, the incident occurred when a group
of unknown persons stoned the JSP bus no. 50 at the bus stop near the “Sultan” hotel on “Krste
Misirkov” boulevard.
Date, time and location of the incident: 12 July, around 23:45, bus stop at “Sultan” Hotel, on “Krste
Misirkov” boulevard.
Source of information: Electronic medium Telegraf.
Victim(s) involved: One eighteen-year-old person.
Type of the crime(s): Damage to objects of others (Article 243, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): A group of unknown perpetrators.
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 bus no. 50 transits through an area inhabited by people of
different ethnicity; the bus stop where the bus was stoned is in an area inhabited by people of
different ethnicity;
2. Nature of violence – it was a public incident;
Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that SIA Skopje was taking measures and actions for solving the
crime and establishing the identity of the perpetrators who would be charged appropriately.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
