What happened: On 12.05.2019, around 4:10 p.m., at SEI Skopje, it was reported that on a public bus, while
driving along Hristijan Todorovski Karposh Street, a 15-year old boy from the village of Kuchevishte, Skopje
region, was physically assaulted by several unidentified individuals. The police is working on finding the
perpetrators and solving the case.
Date, time and place of incident: 12.05.2019, around 4:10 p.m., on a public bus, Hristijan Todorovski Karposh
Street (Chair-Butel).
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, press24.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One victim.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): Several unidentified perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
indicators being:
1. Ethnicity – the victim and attackers belonged to a different ethnic community;
2. Location – the event occurred at a bus stop connecting settlements populated by diverse
ethnic population, with thriving intolerance among the ethnic communities.
Status of case: Written notification submitted to the PPPO Skopje regarding the criminal offence “Violence”.
Response of the local authorities: The police are working on solving the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in
the country and the co-existence among different ethnic groups in society.
