What happened: On the Bul. Krste Misirkov, in front of the Bit Pazar Policlinic, around ten unknown
persons damaged the windows of the JSP bus no. 50 with a hard object.
Date, time and location of the incident: 15 September, around 01:00, Bul. Krste Misirkov, in front of
the Bit Pazar Policlinic.
Source of information: Electronic media outlet Press 24.
Victim(s) involved: Apart from material damage, there were no victims in this incident.
Type of crime(s): Damage to Objects of Others (Article 243, CC)
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language, while the bias indicators are:
1. Assumed difference in ethnicity – the bus was transiting an area inhabited by people of mixed ethnic
background; the street where the bus was stoned was in an area inhabited by people with mixed
ethnic background;
2. Nature of the violence – the incident took place in public;
Perpetrator(s): A group of 20 unknown male persons.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: The MoI’s response to the MHC request for public information
regarding this incident stated that the incident that took place on 15 September 2017 was reported
in the Unit for Reporting and Command in SIA Skopje by the bus driver, D.T. who claimed that the
incident happened around 00:20. According to his statement, the bus was stoned by 20 unfamiliar
male persons with concrete tiles and metal rods in the course of which they broke two windows and damaged the interior of the bus. The Crime Scene Unit photographed the crime scene, and JSP
submitted their report of the event through their lawyer.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
