October 14, 2017

Damaged headquarters of VMRO-DPMNE in Skopje (verified)

Incident
Incident due to political affiliation or political belief

What happened: Unknown perpetrator damaged the headquarters of VMRO-DPMNE, located on Str.
Cvetan Dimov, by breaking the windows with rocks.

Date, time and location of the incident: 14 October, 00:30, party headquarters of VMRO-DPMNE in
Chair, Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic media Netpress.
Victim(s) involved: Apart from material damage, there were no victims in this incident.
Type of crime(s): Damage to Objects of Others (Article 243, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown.
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is political
affiliation or political conviction, and the bias indicators are:
1. Target location – the target location was the headquarters of a political party
2. Pattern of previous incidents – this incident was preceded by previous incidents from the previous
days, when the party headquarters of the political parties VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM, DPSM, BESA, DUI
and GROM were damaged.

Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: The MoI’s response to the MHC request for public information
regarding this incident does not give any additional details with respect to the measures and
activities undertaken to resolve the incident and clarify the case.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident has negative financial implications on the
political party and causes security concerns in the community it operates.

Address
Chair, Skopje
Location Name
party headquarters of VMRO-DPMNE

Number of victims
-
Number of Perpetrators
1
Status of the case
No information
Type of incident?
Destruction of property
Incident location
Other public location
How did the police react?
They investigated the incident
Have there been similar incidents / crimes in the same location?
Yes
Damaged headquarters of VMRO-DPMNE in Skopje (verified) image

Criminal offences

Against Property
Damage of property

Grounds

Political affiliation