What happened: Unknown perpetrators demolished the headquarters of the Democratic Party of
Serbs in Macedonia (DPSM). According to the initial inspection, the headquarters were not robbed,
given that the full computer equipment, the printers and projectors were still at the headquarters,
but the entire documentation was scattered around.
Date, time and location of the incident: 29 March, around 23:30, headquarters of DPSM, Kumanovo.
Source of information: Electronic medium Kumanovski muabeti.
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. Target location – the target location is the headquarters of a political party;
Status of the case: Filed criminal charges against one person.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident,it is stated that criminal charges were fi led against one person due to the existence
of grounds for suspicion of having committed the crime of “Burglary”. Additionally, in the response, it
is stated that the motive for the aforementioned events would be determined during the procedure.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the political stability of
the country in general.
