What happened: The person I. R. (38) from the village of Arachinovo, a driver of the JSP bus no. 65 in
Skopje, called the MOI and reported that on “Methodija Andonov- Chento” Street, near the place called
“The Houses”, while he was driving the bus, an unknown person threw a paving tile at the windscreen.
I. R. suffered injuries of the eye area and was transferred to the “Majka Tereza” Clinical Center.
After he received the necessary medical care, he was discharged from the hospital to home care.
Date, time and location of the incident: 1 December, at 22:00, on the JSP bus no. 65 which was on
“Metodija Andonov-Chento” Street, near the place called “Three Houses”.
Source of information: Electronic medium Republika.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One person.
Type of the crime(s): Damage to objects of others (Article 243, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown perpetrator.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – the city bus no. 65 transits through an area inhabited by people
of a different ethnicity; the location where the bus was stoned is in an area inhabited by people of
different ethnicity;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – this the latest incident in the growing trend of cases of stoning the
JSP bus no. 65;
3. Nature of the violence – it was a public incident.
Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that SIA Skopje was taking measures and actions for resolving the
criminal act of “Causing general danger” and establishing the identity of the perpetrator who would
face criminal charges accordingly.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
