What happened: In the evening, unknown perpetrator/s threw a hand thrown bomb the bathroom of
the family that was targeted several weeks prior, as noted in Incident No. 39.
Date, time and location of the incident: May 6th, Radishani, Skopje.
Source of information: National electronic media libertas.mk (mkd), and lajmepress.com (alb).
Victim(s) involved: Except the material damage, there were no direct victims in this incident. The
indirect victims, the targeted family, stated that they had had more than thirty members of their
family moved out of the country because of fear for personal safety since the first incident.
Type of the crime(s): Incitement of hate, discord and intolerance on national, racial religious or
other discriminatory ground Art. 319 CCRM, Endangerment of safety Art. 144, Damaging of other’s
property Art. 243.
Perpetrator(s): Unknown number of perpetrator/s.
Brief description of incident with bias indicators: The bias motive in this incident is ethnic origin,
citizenship or language, and the bias indicators in this incident are:
1. Victim/Witness perception – based on statements made for the media, it is clear that the (indirect)
victims perceive the incident as bias motivated.
2. Presumed difference between victim and perpetrator on ethnic grounds – due to the fact that this is a second
incident, and the first had participants from different ethnic backgrounds.
3. Pattern/ frequency of previous incident – this incident follows one that happened several weeks earlier,
when the same family was targeted (incident No.39).
4. Lack of other motives.
Status of the case: Under investigation, criminal charges pressed..
Response of local authorities: The Ministry of Interior stated via Answer upon a Request for
information of public character sent by the Committee that submitted a criminal charge against
an unknown perpetrator for the act of “Causing general danger” (Art.288 CCRM). However, there has
been no answer as to the fact that indicates to the possible motive of the crime.
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 ethnic communities in
the society.
