What happened: On 01.02.2018, around 19.35, in the Information and Command Unit Skopje, a driver
\nworking for the Public Transport Company Skopje reported that on \u201cAlija Avidovikj\u201d street there had been a
\nfight between two groups of minors. One of those groups stoned the bus no. 65-b, which operates between
\nthe Transport Center and the village of Brnjanci, whereby four windows of the second floor of the bus were
\nbroken. One stone broke the glass and hit a 15-year old boy from the village of Stajkovci, Skopje. In relation
\nto the event, 20 people from both sides were apprehended at the Police Precinct in Gazi Baba. Measures are
\ntaken to fully clarify the case.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: On 01.02.2018, around 19:35 h. \u201cAlija Avdovikj\u201d, village Singjelikj,
\nbus no. 65-b, Skopje.
\nSource of information: MoI\u2019s daily newsletter.
\nVictim(s) involved: one minor was injured (16).
\nType of crime(s): Damage of Objects of Others (Article 243, CC), Creating general danger (Article 288, CC),
\nBodily injury (Article 130 \u043e\u0434 CC)
\nPerpetrator(s): 20 perpetrators from both groups.
\nBrief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
\nbias indicators are:
\n1. Difference in ethnicity \u2013 the attacked bus no. 65 of PTC Skopje transits through a region where people of
\ndifferent ethnicities live and move on daily basis (Macedonian and Albanians); the two groups of minors
\nfighting were of different ethnic origin (Macedonians and Albanians);
\n2. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 similar to all other previous stonings and attacks of public transport
\nvehicles.
\n3. Place \u2013 The incident took place at a bus stop, on street where such incidents had also previously
\noccurred and where people of different ethnicities live and pass by.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Unknown.
\nResponse of the local authorities: In the response we got from MoI, they informed us that they were working
\nto solve the case.
\nImpact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of the
\ntwo major ethnic communities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: On 01.02.2018, around 19.35, in the Information and Command Unit Skopje, a driver working for the Public Transport Company Skopje reported that on \u201cAlija Avidovikj\u201d street there had been a fight between two groups of minors. One of those groups stoned the bus no. 65-b, which operates between… […]<\/p>\n