May 23, 2016

Destroyed premises of the SDSM party in Kisela Voda (verified)

Incident
Causing national, racial or religious hate, discord or intolerance
Incident due to political affiliation or political belief

What happened: In the premises of the SDSM municipal organization in Kisela Voda, there was a raid
by unknown perpetrators during which the locks on six rooms doors were broken, three laptops were
stolen as well as two desktop computers and a projector. Additionally, two other computers were
damaged and their hard drives along with other parts were removed.

Date, time and location of the incident: 23 May, around 02:00, the municipal organization of SDSM
in Kisela Voda.
Source of information: Daily newspaper Utrinski Vesnik.
Victim(s) involved: Aside from the material damage, there were no victims of this incident.
Type of the crime(s): Damage to objects of others (Article 243, CC), Burglary (Article 236, CC), Causing
hatred, discord or intolerance on national, racial, religious and other discriminatory ground (Article
319, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown perpetrators.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is political
affi liation and the bias indicators are:
1. Target location – the target location is the municipal organization of the main opposition party;

Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that SIA Skopje submitted a record of conducted investigation to
the Public Prosecutor’s Offi ce – Skopje.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the political stability of
the country in general.

Address
Kisela Voda
Location Name
the municipal organization of SDSM

Number of victims
-
Number of Perpetrators
-
Status of the case
Under investigation
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
Destroyed premises of the SDSM party in Kisela Voda (verified) image

Criminal offences

Against Property
Damage of property
Against the State
Causing national, racial or religious hate, discord and intolerance

Grounds

Political affiliation