What happened: A thirteen year old boy was attacked last night on “Metodija Andonov – Chento” Street in
Skopje, at the bus stop. As MoI informed, the case was reported to the police by I.S. (43), the child’s father. His
son was attacked while he was waiting for a bus by an unknown person aged 15 to 18, who was together with
three other people. Then the perpetrators left the crime scene, but returned with an even larger group of people
after a short while. The boy and his friends escaped and informed their parents. The police is working for fully
clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 06 June, in the evening hours, at the bus stop on “MA Chento”
Street in Skopje (the last bus stop for bus no. 45).
Source of information: electronic media outlet mkd.mk, skopjeinfo.mk, press24.mk.
Victim(s) involved: one underage person.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): several unknown perpetrators 4+.
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 victim is a minor and of a different ethnicity than the perpetrators;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – attacks of underage persons on the street, at bus stops or in the vicinity of
schools
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that they have
registered this incident as a violation of the public order and peace and are taking measures to identify the
perpetrator(s).
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.
