What happened: A fifteen-year-old boy was injured with a metal rod on a bus by several people who
got on the bus at the bus stop in the village of Brazda, Skopje. At the bus stop in the village of Brazda,
about 12 people boarded the bus and, before getting off at the next bus station, probably with a
metal rod, they hit the boy from the village of Brazda on the leg. The boy was transferred to the City
General Hospital with a private vehicle, where it was found that he had sustained injuries after which
he was sent home to recover.
Date, time and location of the incident: 03 November, 21:00, JSP bus no. 81
Source of information: Electronic media outlet Libertas.
Victim(s) involved: One juvenile person.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC)
Perpetrator(s): A group of twelve persons.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language, while the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – the incident took place on a bus which transits through areas
populated by people of different ethnicities
2. Nature of the violence – the incident took place in public;
Status of the case: Criminal charges have been pressed for the reported criminal act Violence in
accordance with Article 386 from CC.
Response of the local authorities: The MoI’s response to the MHC request for public information
regarding this incident stated that the SIA Skopje had submitted criminal charges to the Basic Public
Prosecution Skopje (CU. no. 717/18) for the reported criminal act Violence in accordance with Article
386 from CC.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
