What happened: An unknown perpetrator damaged a billboard with content of the DUI political
party on “JNA” Street in Kumanovo.
Date, time and location of the incident: 25 November, around 12:30, on “JNA” Street in Kumanovo.
Source of information: Electronic medium Kumanovonews.
Victim(s) involved: Aside from the material damage, there were no victims of this incident.
Type of the crime(s): Damage to objects of others (Article 243, 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 this incident, the bias motive is political
affi liation and the bias indicators are:
1. Damage to an object – the billboard contained political material of the DUI party;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – this incident is the latest in the growing trend of damaging billboards
with political content during the pre-election period.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of Local Authorities: By the time of the writing of this report, MOI had not responded to
the Committee’s request for public information regarding this incident.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the political stability of
the country in general.
