What happened: On 14.05.2018, around 18:50 h, on “Alija Avdovikj” Street, a bus of the Public Transport
Company which transited on line 65, from the Transport Center to the village of Stajkovci, was stopped by
A.J. (18) and a 16-year-old, both residents of the village of Singjelikj, with a passenger vehicle Peugeot 206,
with Kumanovo registration plates. After they stopped the bus, they got out of their vehicle and asked the
bus driver to open the doors. The driver refused, whereby the 16-year-old broke one of the side bus windows
with a stone. Immediately after being notified, the police officers went to the crime scene and undertook
adequate measures and activities. The two persons were taken into custody at the Police Precinct and there
they stated that they stopped the bus because three people who had previously attacked them were on it.
After the damage to the bus was done, two people complained of injuries in the back, whereby they were sent
to be examined at the General City Hospital. Measures are taken to fully clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 14.05.2018 around 18:50, on “Alija Avidovkj” street in Skopje.
Source of information: Nova Makedonija daily.
Victim(s) involved: none
Type of crime(s): Damage of Objects of Others (Article 243, CC), Causing general danger (Article 288, CC)
Perpetrator(s): 2 identified perpetrators, one of whom is a minor (16).
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Pattern of previous incidents – attacks and stoning of buses, in particular bus no. 65.
2. Location – The attack took place in the village of Singjelikj, a place where interethnic conflict between youth
often occurs.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s answer to the request for information states that in their records,
this incident is registered as violation against the public order and peace under Article 12 of the LVPOP.
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.
