What happened: In the Police Precinct Gazi Baba, in the period between 21:00 and 21:15 h, a 17-year old
person from Skopje, the 31-year old I.K. from Skopje and D.I. (age 18) from Skopje reported that they had been
attacked by several unknown persons in the vicinity of the bus stop on “Aleksandar Makedonski” Blvd. MoI are
taking measures to fully clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 13 April, 21:00 to 21:15h, bus stop on “Aleksandar Makedonski”
Blvd, Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic media outlet skopjeinfo.mk.
Victim(s) involved: three victims, one of whom is a minor (17).
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC)
Perpetrator(s): unknown perpetrators.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnicity – the victims and the attackers are of a different ethnicity (Macedonians and
Albanians);
2. Pattern of previous incidents– similar to all previous assaults at bus stops
3. Location – The incident took place at a bus stop and street where such and similar attacks had previously
occurred as well, and where people of different ethnic communities live and move through.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states contains no
additional information on the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
the two major ethnic communities in the country.
