What happened: A nineteen-year-old boy was stabbed in the chest and abdomen with a sharp object
\nwhile getting off the city bus no. 19 at the bus station at \u201cTreska\u201d in Skopje. The boy, along with two
\nof his friends, got off the bus, after which four other unknown persons got off the same bus and
\nstabbed him in the chest and abdomen. The Emergency Center found that the boy had suffered a
\nheavy bodily injury (punctured pleural cavity).<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 1 February, around 21:00, bus station at \u201cTreska\u201d in Skopje.
\nSource of information: Electronic medium \u201cMakfax\u201d.
\nVictim(s) involved: One nineteen-year-old person.
\nType of the crime(s): Heavy bodily injury (Article 131, CC), Violence (Article 386, CC), Participation in
\na fi ght (Article 132, CC).
\nPerpetrator(s): A group of 4 unknown perpetrators
\nBrief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
\nnationality or language and the bias indicators are:
\n1. Assumed difference in ethnicity \u2013 shortly before the incident, the perpetrators and the victim were in
\nthe bus no. 19 which transits through an area inhabited by people of a different ethnicity;
\n2. Nature of the violence \u2013 it was a public incident.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Under investigation.
\nResponse of Local Authorities: In MOI\u2019s response to the Committee\u2019s request for public information
\nregarding this incident, it is stated that SIA Skopje submitted a written report to the Public
\nProsecutor\u2019s Offi ce on 04.02.2016.
\nImpact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
\nbetween the two largest communities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: A nineteen-year-old boy was stabbed in the chest and abdomen with a sharp object while getting off the city bus no. 19 at the bus station at \u201cTreska\u201d in Skopje. The boy, along with two of his friends, got off the bus, after which four other unknown persons… […]<\/p>\n