What happened: During the evening, unknown perpetrators demolished the local branch office of the
political party GROM in Drachevo, Skopje.
Date, time and location of the incident: April 13th, Drachevo, Skopje.
Source of information: The electronic media Plusinfo.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Except the material damage, there were no direct victims in this incident.
Type of the crime(s): Damaging of other’s property Art. 243 CCRM.
Perpetrator(s): Unknown.
Brief description of incident with bias indicators: The bias motive in this incident is political affiliation
and political persuasion, and the bias indicators in this incident are:
1. Location – the target is a place of political significance to the targeted group.
2. Lack of other motives.
Status of the case: Unknown.
Response of local authorities: The Ministry of Interior stated via Answer upon a Request for
information of public character sent by the Committee that they are undertaking the necessary
measures for clarification of the case, noting that this criminal act resulted with minor material
damage, and therefore, requires private indictment for judicial processing.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This type of incidents brings into question the general
political situation in the country and the cohabitation between the different communities in the
society.
