What happened: A 16-year-old boy was attacked on the JSP bus no. 50 by ten other minors, at which
he was slapped and a knife was pointed at his lower back.
Date, time and location of the incident: 15 September, around 13:00, on a JSP bus no. 50, on the
route from “Bit Pazar” to the municipality of Avtokomanda.
Source of information: Daily newspaper Nova Makedonija.
Victim(s) involved: One minor.
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC).
Perpetrator(s): A group of around ten unknown perpetrators.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In the incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – the perpetrators and the victim were riding on the bus no. 50 which
transits in an area inhabited by people of different ethnicity; it is possible that the ethnicity of the
perpetrator is different from the ethnicity of the victim;
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 in the statement given to police offi cers in PS “Gazi Baba”,
the victim declared that he did not want to report any incidents or submit a record for fi ling charges.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
