What happened: On 24.03.2018, around 08:40 it was reported that graffiti with offensive and threatening
content was written on a building on “Quay 9th September” Street in Prilep. Measures are taken to solve the
case.
Date, time and location of the incident: On 24.03.2018, around 08:40, building on “Quay 9th September”
Street in Prilep.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: none.
Type of crime(s): Damage of Objects of Others (Article 243, CC)
Perpetrator(s): unknown perpetrator(s).
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Pattern of previous incidents – Graffiti spreading hate speech on grounds of ethnicity had been written on
previous occasions as well
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information, stated that they had
conducted inspection and found that old graffiti was in question, dating from several months back, but they
were taking measures and activities to solve the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of the
two major ethnic communities in the country.
