September 13, 2014

Two boys beaten up in public transportation bus No.65 (unverified)

Incident
incidents committed due to ethnicity

What happened: Several masked perpetrators, armed with baseball bats attacked two people from
Skopje in public transportation bus. No.65, inflicting bodily harm.

Date, time and location of the incident: September 13th, 01:00hrs, Public transportation bus No.57,
Chento, Skopje.
Source of information: Local electronic media netpress.com.
Victim(s) involved: Two persons with unknown nationality.
Type of the crime(s): Participation in a Fight (Art.132), Violence (Art.386), Bodily harm (Art.130).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown group of perpetrators.
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. Difference between perpetrator and victim on ethnicity – Due to the mixed ethnic composition of the
population in the village of Rashtak (the village to which bus No. 65 commutes) and other transit
locations of the route of bus No.65, the ethnicity of the victim may differ from the one of the
perpetrators.
2. Nature of violence – the incident was carried out in public.
3. Lack of other motives.

Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of local authorities: The MOI answered on the Request for information sent by the
Committee that they have submitted a report to the public prosecutor for the act of Violence
against an unknown perpetrator.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This type of incidents brings into question the general
security situation in the country and the cohabitation between the different ethnic communities in
the society.

Address
Chento, Skopje
Location Name
Public transportation bus No.65

Number of victims
2
Number of Perpetrators
-
Status of the case
No information
Type of incident?
Serious threat Bodily injury Physical attack (assault) Violence
Incident location
Other public location
How did the police react?
They investigated the incident
Have there been similar incidents / crimes in the same location?
Yes
Two boys beaten up in public transportation bus No.65 (unverified) image

Criminal offences

Against Life and Body
Bodily Injury
Against Freedoms and Rights
Criminal threatening
Against the Public Order
Violence

Grounds

Nationality Ethnic origin