What happened: Two seventeen-year-old students from the “Vlado Tasevski” Secondary School were
attacked by 10 to 15 unknown persons who were students at the same school. Just before the attack,
the perpetrators got off the JSP bus no. 50. The doctor who examined the two minors established
bodily injuries and one of the minors was held for further medical treatment.
Date, time and location of the incident: 23 November, at 14:30, near Bit Pazar, Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic medium Makfaks.
Victim(s) involved: Two minors.
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): A group of 10 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 – due to the different ethnicity of the students in the aforementioned
secondary school, it is possible that the perpetrators and the victims are of a different ethnicity;
2. Nature of the 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 an authorized person from JSP gave a statement for fi ling of
criminal charges on 05.08.2016 at the PS “Gjorche Petrov”, and that SIA Skopje was taking measures
and action for resolving the incident and establishing the identity of the perpetrators who would face
criminal 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.
