What happened: Unknown perpetrators stoned the train from Tabanovce to Skopje in the vicinity of
Kumanovo Train Station, damaging windows from the carts in the process.
Date, time and location of the incident: March 12th, in the vicinity of Kumanovo Train Station.
Source of information: The local on-line media kurir.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Except the material damage, there were no direct victims in this incident.
Type of the crime(s): Damaging of other’s property Art. 243 CCRM.
Perpetrator(s): Unknown.
Brief description of incident with bias indicators: The bias motive in this incident is ethnic origin,
citizenship or language, and the bias indicators in this incident are:
1. Presumed difference between perpetrator and victim on ethnicity – Due to the mixed ethnic composition of
the population in the village of Tabanovce (the village this train line leads to), the ethnicity of the
victim may differ from the one of the perpetrator.
2. Nature of violence – The incident was carried out in public.
3. Lack of other motives.
Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of local authorities: The Ministry of Interior stated via Answer upon a Request for infor-
mation of public character sent by the Committee that it has conducted multiple conversations with
members of local community, but they don’t have any additional information thus far. The Police are
continuing to work on clarification and documentation of the case.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This type of incidents brings into question the general political situation in the country and the cohabitation between the Macedonians, on one side and
the Albanians on the other, as the two largest ethnic communities in the country.
