What happened: On 04.06.2019, at 01:10 a.m., at SEI Skopje, it was reported that a public bus transiting in
the direction of Avtokomanda was stoned on the Nikola Karev Blvd., whereupon one of the windows was
broken. There were no injured. In relation to the event, the police identified and called to the police station
five minors. After the case is documented, proper charges are going to be pressed.
Date, time and place of incident: On 04.04.2019, 1:10 a.m., Nikola Karev Blvd., Avtokomanda, Skopje.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter, opserver.mk; emagazin.mk.
Victim(s) involved: No victims.
Type of crime(s): Damages to Objects of Others (Article 243, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): 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 place visited by diverse ethnic population;
3. Pattern of previous incidents – similar incidents of public buses stoned transiting in this part of
the city have been registered previously (line no. 65, 45, and 55).
Status of case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: Measures are being taken to completely solve 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.
