What happened: Today (24.09) around 10:40, at the Police Precinct Kumanovo, damage done to the
headquarters of the political party SDSM in Kumanovo on “Tode Mendol” Street was reported, whereby three
windows of the facility had been broken.
Date, time and location of the incident: 24.09.2018, around 10:40 h, on «Toda Mendol” Street, SDSM
headquarters in Kumanovo
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: none.
Type of crime(s): Damage to objects of others (Article 243, CC), Perpetrator(s): one identified perpetrator.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is political affiliation
or political conviction, and the bias indicators are:
1. Target location – the target location are the headquarters of a political party
2. Pattern of previous incidents – This incident was preceded by other incidents when the SDSM’s
headquarters were demolished
Status of the case: Solved.
Response of the local authorities: The incident has been solved, whereby it was found that the perpetrator
was D.S. The case is prosecuted upon a private lawsuit.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into quesiton the political
stability in the country in general.
