What happened: On 19.10.2018, around 20:50 h, at the Sector for Internal Affairs Skopje, it was reported
\nthat at the bus stop in front of Chucher Sandevo, on PTC\u2019s bus no. 81 which transits from Skopje to Dolno
\nBlace, several people entered the bus carrying hard objects and attacked A.F. (18) from the village of Dolno
\nBlace, and three other persons, two of which aged 15 and one aged 16, all of them from the village of Dolno
\nBlace. The team of the Emergency Medical Service provided them with medical aid at the scene, and A.F. and
\none 15-year-old were taken to the complex of clinics \u201cMajka Tereza\u201d. After the event, several resident of the
\nvillage of Dolno Blace expressed their outrage on the scene, bus soon withdrew. Measures are taken to solve
\nthe case.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 19.10.2018, at the bus stop near the village of Chucher Sandevo,
\non a PTC bus no. 81 which transits from Skopje to Dolno Blace.
\nSource of information: MoI\u2019s daily newsletter
\nVictim(s) involved: 4 victims, 3 of whom are minors.
\nType of crime(s): Violence (Article 386, CC), Bodily injury (Article 130, CC)
\nPerpetrator(s): 4 unknown perpetrators, 1 perpetrator identified through recognition.
\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 this part of the city is populated by people of different ethnicities, and the buses
\nthat stop at the bus stop also transit through neighborhoods with mixed ethnic structure;
\n2. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 Conflict situations and clashes between young people of different
\nethnicities on buses and at bus stops.
\n3. Location \u2013 the incident occurred on bus no. 81<\/p>\n
Status of the case: A notification has been submitted to PPO, further status unknown.
\nResponse of the local authorities: To the request submitted to MoI in relation to this incident, asking
\nwhether there are indicators verifying hate crime in this case, we got a response identical in January 2019,
\nstating that in regard to this case, they had taken measures to find and identify the perpetrators. One person
\nhas been identified and a notification has been submitted to PPO for further action.
\nImpact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
\nthe two major ethnic communities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: On 19.10.2018, around 20:50 h, at the Sector for Internal Affairs Skopje, it was reported that at the bus stop in front of Chucher Sandevo, on PTC\u2019s bus no. 81 which transits from Skopje to Dolno Blace, several people entered the bus carrying hard objects and attacked A.F…. […]<\/p>\n