Four Turkish citizens, aged between 21 and 24, are in detention after a night-time incident in the centre of Skopje in which they hit a motorbike, driven by a 20-year-old delivery driver, with an „Audi" and then physically attacked him. Police arrested them on 25 May at 01:30.

The incident, according to the Interior Ministry, happened the day before at around 19:55 in Centar, after a traffic dispute. The vehicle struck the motorbike, after which the suspects got out and continued with a physical attack on the young delivery driver. Criminal charges were filed by the Violent Crime Unit at Skopje SVR, in coordination with the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office.

The question is bigger than this one incident. Food delivery drivers in Skopje are one of the most vulnerable professional groups in the city - they work under time pressure (a points-based pay structure that pushes them to ride dangerously), without a vehicle fleet, with little or no health and safety protection. Traffic violence against them - from both Macedonian and foreign drivers - happens routinely and rarely produces serious sanctions.

This case stands out for two reasons: first, the suspects are foreign nationals, which makes it visible to the media. Second, the immediate police action (arrest within 24 hours) might be a sign of a different approach - provided the case is followed through consistently in court, not ended with a deferred sentence or probation.

Turkish citizens often come to Macedonia as tourists or workers. That makes the incident politically sensitive - the Turkish embassy will be in contact with the Macedonian authorities, and when incidents have a foreign dimension, they tend to be resolved „quietly". The question is whether these four will remain in detention until trial, or whether they will be released with some kind of bail measure.

For the delivery driver - 20 years old, who at the end of the day was just working - all of this is secondary. What we should be asking him: did he have insurance for a work-related incident? Will his delivery platform cover the lost time while he recovers? Those are the questions every young person in his position should be asking before starting work on this terrain.