What happened: A seventeen-year-old and two of his friends aged sixteen and seventeen were
physically attacked by several persons on a JSP city bus no. 65.
Date, time and location of the incident: 12 February, around 12:20, on a JSP bus no. 65, at “Anton
Popov” Street in Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic medium Reporter.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Three minors.
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Participation in a fi ght (Article 132, 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 perpetrators and the victim were on the city bus no. 65 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: Filed request for initiation of a misdemeanor procedure.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated SIA Skopje submitted a request for initiation of misdemeanor
charges to Primary Court Skopje 1 Skopje – Misdemeanor Department on 17.03.2016.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
