What happened: Borche Petkovski, a member of the Executive Board of the SDSM party in Bitola
and a former Member of Parliament, was injured by a bullet in the leg while he was talking to some
friends, standing on a sidewalk. He was immediately transferred to the Bitola hospital, and after the
medical intervention, a bullet was removed from his thigh. It is not certain if he was intentionally
shot or if the incident occurred due to a stray bullet.
Date, time and location of the incident: 27 April, around 13:00, Municipality of Karposh, Bitola.
Source of information: Electronic medium Exclusive.mk.
Victim(s) involved: One person.
Type of the crime(s): Bodily injury (Article 130, 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. Political function – the victim is a senior offi cial in the main opposition party;
2. Nature of the violence – it was a public incident.
Status of the case: Filed criminal charges against an unknown perpetrator.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that after the reporting of the event to SIA Bitola, a complete
review was conducted, and after the documentation was completed, criminal charges were fi led with
the Public Prosecutor’s Offi ce in Bitola against an unknown perpetrator on grounds for suspicion of
committing the crime of “Causing a general danger”, punishable under Article 288 of the CC.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: These types of incidents call into question the political
stability of the country in general.
