What happened: In bus no. 65B by the Public Transportation Company, three unknown person who were
on the bus physically assaulted a 16-year old minor. Measures are taken to solve the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 21 May, 18:25, bus no. 65, in the village of Stajkovci.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: one underage person.
Type of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC).
Perpetrator(s): 3 unknown perpetrators.
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 victim is a minor and of a different ethnicity than the attackers;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – assaults of lone minors in the street, near a school, in a bus.
3. Location – bus no. 65 has often been the place where such assaults occur.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that they have
registered this incident as a violation of the public order and peace and are taking measures to identify the
perpetrator(s).
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.
