What happened: On 15.03.2018 in Prilep an unknown perpetrator sprayed graffiti with offensive content on
the walls the gym in the secondary school “Kuzman Josifovski Pity”.
Date, time and location of the incident: 15 March, unspecified, on the building of the secondary school
“Kuzman Josifovski Pity” in Prilep.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: none.
Type of crime(s): Damage of Objects of Others (Article 243, CC)
Perpetrator(s): unknown perpetrator(s).
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Pattern of previous incidents – Graffiti spreading hate speech on grounds of ethnicity had been written on
previous occasions as well.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that they had
conducted inspection and are taking measures and activities to solve the case.
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of the
two major ethnic communities in the country.
