What happened: A group of approx. 10 people got into a fi ght in a public bus No.64. According to
eyewitnesses, in the fi ght participated two groups, Macedonians and Albanians. The Police intervened
and took the participants into custody
Date, time and location of the incident: December 15th, 20:00hrs, bus No.64, Karposh 1, Skopje.
Source of information: The electronicmediaPlusinfo.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Unknown group of young people.
Type of the crime(s): Violence (Art.386 CCRM), Bodily harm (Art.130 CCRM), Participation in a fi ght
(Art.132 CCRM).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown group of young people.
Brief description of incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the ethnic origin,
citizenship or language, and the bias indicators are:
1. Difference in ethnic background –according to eyewitnesses, in the fi ght participated two groups,
Macedonians and Albanians;
2. Nature of violence – the incident was carried out in public;
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of local authorities: To the moment of writing this report, the MOI hasn’t answered upon
the Request for public information that the Committee has sent in relation to this incident.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident puts into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two major communities in the country.
