What happened: An unknown perpetrator damaged a side window of a bus with licence plates from
Tetovo with a hard object. The bus was transporting fans of FC “Shkendija” from Tetovo. There were
no injured in the incident. According to the “Iliria News” portal, the perpetrators were members of
the Macedonian community.
Date, time and location of the incident: 13 March, around 13:40, on “Metodija Andonov − Chento”
Street in Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic medium MKD.mk, Electronic medium Iliria News.
Victim(s) involved: Aside from the material damage, there were no victims of this incident.
Type of the crime(s): Damage to objects of others (Article 243, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown
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 – it is possible that the incident was caused by football fans of a
different ethnicity to one of the fans being transported with by the bus.
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 Tetovo documented the fi led criminal charges for the
criminal act “Damage to objects of others”, an act that is prosecuted as a private lawsuit. The
documentation was submitted to SIA Skopje where appropriate measures were being taken for
identifying the perpetrators of the criminal act.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country and the safety of people attending or near
sports matches.
