What happened: On 10.02.2020, around 3:50 p.m., at SIA Skopje, the City General Hospital 8th September reported that they had admitted a patient with a wound inflicted by a sharp object. Police officers inspected the incident and determined the individual’s identity as Sh.M. (18) from the village of Cajane, Skopje. According to the report, around 3:00 p.m., in the village of Bojane, J.N. from Bojane boarded the bus and stabbed Sh.M. with a sharp object in the left thigh. Measures are being taken to solve the case.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnic origin, with the bias indicators being:
- Ethnic origin – the victim and attacker belonged to a different ethnic community;
- Pattern of previous incidents – the event was preceded by previous incidents.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country.
