What happened: In the municipality of Gjorche Petrov, an unknown perpetrator partly burned two
billboards with photographs of members of the DUI political party.
Date, time and location of the incident: 8 December, around 03:00, on “Gjorche Petrov” Street, at the
former location of “Baumarket” in Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic medium Lokalno.mk.
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), Causing hatred, discord or
intolerance on national, racial, religious and other discriminatory ground (Article 319, CC).
Perpetrator(s): Unknown.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is political
affi liation and the bias indicators are:
1. Damage to an object – the billboard contained political material of the DUI party;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – this incident is the latest in the growing trend of damaging billboards
with political content during the pre-election period.
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 – Unit for On-scene Inspection and Analysis took
photos, and the damaged party was notifi ed that the committed crime “Damage to objects of
others” is prosecuted as a private lawsuit and that they should submit a report to the competent
police station.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the political stability of
the country in general.
