April 3, 2014

A group of young people damaged billboards of a political party (verified)

Incident
Incident due to political affiliation or political belief

What happened: Unknown group of young people damaged billboards containing advertising
materials for a political party.

Date, time and location of the incident: April 3rd, 22:30 hrs, Str. Modest Musorgski in Municipality of
Gazi Baba, Skopje.
Source of information: The national media Sitel TV.
Victim(s) involved: Except the material damage, there were no direct victims in this incident.
Type of the crime(s): Damaging of other’s property Art. 243 CCRM.
Perpetrator(s): Unknown.
Brief description of incident with bias indicators: The bias motive in this incident is political affiliation
and political persuasion, and the bias indicators in this incident are:
1. Symbol on the target, it was a billboard with a symbol of political significance – the logo of the
targeted party.
2. Nature of violence – The incident was carried out in public.
3. Lack of other motives.

Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of local authorities: To the moment of writing of this report, the Police hasn’t answered the
Request for information of public character that was sent by the Committee in relation to this incident.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This type of incidents brings into question the general
political situation in the country and the cohabitation between the different communities in the society.

Address
Str. Modest Musorgski in Municipality of Gazi Baba, Skopje
Location Name
Str. Modest Musorgski in Municipality of Gazi Baba, Skopje

Number of victims
-
Number of Perpetrators
-
Status of the case
No information
Type of incident?
Destruction of property
Incident location
Street
How did the police react?
They did nothing
Have there been similar incidents / crimes in the same location?
Yes
A group of young people damaged billboards of a political party (verified) image

Criminal offences

Against Property
Damage of property

Grounds

Political affiliation