What happened: Graffiti with offensive content occurred on the outside walls of the SDSM headquarters
in Vinica.
Date, time and location of the incident: 20 March, nighttime, municipal SDSDM headquarters in Vinica.
Source of information: Electronic media outlet markukule.mk.
Victim(s) involved: none.
Type of crime(s): Damage of Objects of Others (Article 243, CC), Causing general danger (Article 288, CC)
Perpetrator(s): unknown perpetrator(s).
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is political affiliation,
while the bias indicators are:
1. Pattern of previous incidents – this incident is one in the series of incidents where messages containing
hate speech were written.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that this case has
not been recorded at all.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the safety and the
political stability in the country in general.
