January 1, 2020

Violence on a public bus, line no. 57

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language

What happened: On 01.01.2020, at 11:50 p.m., at SIA Skopje, G.T. (42) from Skopje reported that at 10:50 p.m., on a public bus, line no. 57, three individuals assaulted his son and stole his money. Measures are being taken to solve the case.

Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnic origin, with the bias indicators being:

  1. Ethnic origin – the victim and the attacker belonged to a different ethnic community;
  2. Pattern of previous incidents – Previous assaults on the public bus line no. 57.

Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country and the cohabitation between different ethnic groups in society.

Address
Skopje

Number of victims
1
Number of Perpetrators
3
Status of the case
No information
Type of incident?
Physical attack (assault) Violence
Incident location
Other public location
Have there been similar incidents / crimes in the same location?
Yes
Violence on a public bus, line no. 57 image

Criminal offences

Against Freedoms and Rights
Violation of citizens’ equality

Grounds

Ethnic origin