What happened: Three juvenile persons were attacked at a bus stop near the Railway Station, the
Transport Centre in Skopje. While waiting for the bus, the three minors, two aged 16 and one aged
15, were approached by a larger group of 10-15 unfamiliar persons aged 15 to 17 years, and one of the
persons began to hit one of the minors on the head. Then the other minor was attacked, after which
the attackers fled the scene running off in an unknown direction.
Date, time and location of the incident: 19 October, 12:15, bus station on Bul. Krste Misirkov.
Source of information: Electronic media outlet Libertas.
Victim(s) involved: Three juvenile persons.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC)
Perpetrator(s): A group of several juvenile persons.
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 incident happened at a bus station transited by people from
various ethnic backgrounds, it is possible that the ethnicity of the perpetrators was different to the
ethnicity of the victims.
2. Nature of the violence – the incident took place in public;
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: The MoI’s response to the MHC request for public information
confirmed this incident and stated that the SIA Skopje had submitted a written notification to the
Basic Public Prosecution Skopje no.28.22.2/02-646 dated 27 October 2017.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
between the two largest communities in the country.
