What happened: During the night, at an unspecifi ed time, in the village of Slatino, municipality
of Tearce, an unknown perpetrator/perpetrators damaged the front glass of the pre-election
headquarters of the BESA political party with a rock.
Date, time and location of the incident: 6 December, at night, BESA party headquarters in the village
of Slatino, municipality of Tearce.
Source of information: Electronic media Lokalno.mk; Fax.al.
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. Target location – the target location is the pre-election headquarters of the BESA political party;
3. Pattern of previous incidents − this incident is the latest in the growing trend of damaging
headquarters of political parties during the pre-election period.
Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that SIA Tetovo investigated the crime scene and notifi ed the
Public Prosecutor under whose orders the reported incident is a crime prosecuted as a private lawsuit.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the political stability of
the country in general.
