What happened: Leafl ets with anti-Semitic messages were placed on several vehicles in the center
of Skopje.
Date, time and location of the incident: 19 October, around 09:00, in the center of Skopje.
Source of information: The incident was reported to the Helsinki Committee by a representative
from the Jewish Community of the Republic of Macedonia.
Victim(s) involved: There were no victims of this incident.
Type of the crime(s): Racial or other discrimination (Article 417, CC), Causing hatred, discord or
intolerance on national, racial, religious and other discriminatory ground (Article 319, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In the incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
nationality or language and the bias indicators are:
1. Content of the leafl ets – the leafl ets contain anti-Semitic messages.
Status of the case: Not registered.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that the incident in question was not reported to a police station
of general jurisdiction in the city of Skopje.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the safety of different
communities in the country.
