What happened: On 01.02.2018, around 19.35, in the Information and Command Unit Skopje, a driver
working for the Public Transport Company Skopje reported that on “Alija Avidovikj” street there had been a
fight between two groups of minors. One of those groups stoned the bus no. 65-b, which operates between
the Transport Center and the village of Brnjanci, whereby four windows of the second floor of the bus were
broken. One stone broke the glass and hit a 15-year old boy from the village of Stajkovci, Skopje. In relation
to the event, 20 people from both sides were apprehended at the Police Precinct in Gazi Baba. Measures are
taken to fully clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: On 01.02.2018, around 19:35 h. “Alija Avdovikj”, village Singjelikj,
bus no. 65-b, Skopje.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one minor was injured (16).
Type of crime(s): Damage of Objects of Others (Article 243, CC), Creating general danger (Article 288, CC),
Bodily injury (Article 130 од CC)
Perpetrator(s): 20 perpetrators from both groups.
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 attacked bus no. 65 of PTC Skopje transits through a region where people of
different ethnicities live and move on daily basis (Macedonian and Albanians); the two groups of minors
fighting were of different ethnic origin (Macedonians and Albanians);
2. Pattern of previous incidents – similar to all other previous stonings and attacks of public transport
vehicles.
3. Place – The incident took place at a bus stop, on street where such incidents had also previously
occurred and where people of different ethnicities live and pass by.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: In the response we got from MoI, they informed us that they were working
to solve 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.
