What happened: A fifteen year old boy from the village of Kadino was physically attacked by five or
six other juveniles aged 16 to 18 for no apparent reason, in front of the JSP office at the Transport
Center. The MoI’s daily bulletin states that they are taking measures to identify the perpetrators and
fully solve the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 01 March, 18:35, Transport Center Skopje.
Source of information: MoI daily bulletin, electronic media outlet 24 News
Victim(s) involved: One person.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC)
Perpetrator(s): A group of 5/6 people.
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 at the Transport Center, which is the place
where the buses transiting from areas populated by people of different ethnicities set off from;
2. The nature of the violence – the incident took place in public;
Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of the local authorities: The MoI’s response to the MHC request for public information
regarding this case stated that the misdemeanor of “Physical Assault” pursuant to Article 12 of
the Law on Misdemeanours against the Public Order was in question and that they were still taking
measures to solve the case.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
