April 2, 2020

Violence on a public transport bus, line no. 65

Incident
Incident due to ethnical belonging, citizenship or language

What happened: On 02.04.2020, at 6:00 p.m., A.S. (54) from Skopje reported at SIA Skopje that around 5:45 p.m., on a public transport bus, line no.65, headed from Rashtak to Centre, on Alija Avodvic Street, he was physically assaulted by two unidentified individuals. 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 attackers belonged to a different ethnic community. The population in that part of the city is from different ethnicity, mostly Macedonian, Roma and Albanian.

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


Number of victims
1
Number of Perpetrators
2
Status of the case
No information
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