What happened: On 10.07.2018, at 08:00 am M.M (42) reported to the Sector for Internal Affairs Skopje,
that on 09/10/.07.2019, on “Srechko Puzhalka” street, unknown perpetrators had damaged five candelabras
and removed their fuses in a primary school. The perpetrators also used spray to write offensive content.
Measures are taken to fully clarify the case.
Date, time and location of the incident: 09/10.07.2018, unspecified, on “Srechko Puzhalka” street, in a
primary school.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter. A representative of the Helsinki Committee went to the
scene, but there were no visible graffiti because the walls of the school had been freshly painted, which is why
we weren’t able to take a photo record of the case.
Victim(s) involved: none.
Type of crime(s): Damaging objects of others (Article 243, CC),
Perpetrator(s): several unknown perpetrators
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 – incidents of wiring graffiti in public spaces had previously been registered
as well
Status of the case: Unknown
Response of the local authorities: By the time this report was finished, there was no response from MoI.
(We got the response in January 2019, the case was recorded as a violation under Article 12 of LVPPO).
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.
