What happened: On 29.07.2018, at 18:00 h, at the Sector of Internal Affairs, Skopje, Sh. Sh. (50), reported
that on 28.07.2018, on “Radishanska” Street, an unknown perpetrator had scribbled graffiti with offensive and
inappropriate content on the front side of his house. The police are working to solve the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 29.07.2018, at 18:00, on “Radishanska” Street
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter. A representative of the Helsinki Committee went to the
scene, but there were no visible graffiti (apart from one house – “Aleks Design”, where there seemed to have
been some traces of fresh paint, and nearly unnoticeable traces of black graffiti), which is why we were not
able to take photo record of the event.
Victim(s) involved: Apart from material damage, there were no victims in this incident..
Type of crime(s): Damage of Objects of Others (Article 243, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown perpetrator
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is political affiliation
or political convictions, and the bias indicators are:
1. Pattern of previous incidents – incidents of graffiti with political or ethnic content, sprayed in public
spaces have previously been registered as well.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: By the time this report was finished, there was no response from MoI
to the request for information of public character that the Committee sent in relation to this incident. (We
got a response from MoI in January 2019, they are working to fully clarify the case.)
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the general political stability
in the country.
