What happened: The Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Department pressed criminal charges against V.Z.
(67) from Skopje for having committed the criminal offence “Endangering the Safety” by means of an
information system. On 25.07.2019, the reported individual posted a comment on his Facebook profile with
threatening contents against the Prime Minister of the Republic North Macedonia.
Date, time and place of incident: 25.07.2019, social networks.
Source of information: MOI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: No victims.
Type of crime(s): “Endangering the Safety” by means of an information system (Article 144, CC of RNM).
Perpetrator(s): One identified perpetrator, V.Z. from Skopje.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is political beliefs, with
the bias indicators being:
1. Political beliefs – the perpetrator spread hate speech against different political beliefs;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – social media, particularly Facebook, is often used as a platform
for these types of incidents.
Status of case: Criminal charges pressed.
Response of the local authorities: The perpetrator was detained. Criminal charges were pressed against
him for having committed a criminal offence pursuant to Article 144, CC of RNM.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types
