What happened: A bomb thrown from a vehicle in motion exploded in front of the branch office of
National Social Democratic Alliance (SDSM), while more than thirty members of the youth fraction
of the party had a meeting inside.
Date, time and location of the incident: February 24th, evening hours on Varshavska str. in municipality
of Karposh, Skopje.
Source of information: The national media TV Telma.
Victim(s) involved: Except the material damage, there were no direct victims in this incident.
Argument could be made that the intended victims were the people inside.
Type of the crime(s): Damaging of other’s property Art. 243 CCRM, Endangering the safety Art. 144
CCRM.
Perpetrator(s): Unknown.
Brief description of incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the political
affiliation and political persuasion, and the bias indicator is:
1. Victim perception – From the statements made for the media, it can easily be derived that the
(indirect) victims – the representatives from SDSM, perceive the incident as bias motivated.
2. Location and timing – The incident occurred during a meeting of the youth fraction of SDSM.
3. Nature of violence – The incident was carried out in public.
4. Lack of other motive.
Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of local authorities: The Ministry of Interior stated via Answer upon a Request for information
of public character sent by the Committee that the Ministry “works on complete clarification of the
case.” The committee has no additional information about any developments related with this case.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This type of incidents brings into question the general political
stability in the country and the success and legitimacy of the upcoming presidential and general elections.
