What happened: After a massive protest in Kriva Palanka called “Against islamization of Kriva Palan-
ka”, in front of an Islamic religious object, a group of unknown perpetrators demolished the object
leaving graffi ti with Christian messages at the scene
Date, time and location of the incident: November 6th, time unknown, in Kriva Palanka.
Source of information: The electronic media faktor.mk.
Victim(s) involved: Except the material damage, there are no direct victims of this incident.
Type of the crime(s): Damaging of other’s property (Art. 243 CCRM), Incitement of hate, discord and
intolerance on national, racial religious or other discriminatory ground (Art. 319).
Perpetrator(s):A group of unknown perpetrators.
Brief description of incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is the religious
belonging or belief, and the bias indicators are:
1. Difference in religious background – the religious background of the perpetrators and the victim
differ; the target is an Islamic religious object, and the perpetrators ware Christians;
2. Graffi ti left at the scene – the perpetrators left graffi ti with Christian content at the scene;
3. Pattern of previous events – this incident followed a massive anti-Islamic protest;
4. Lack of other motives.
Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of local authorities: To the moment of writing this report, the MOI hasn’t answered upon
the Request for public information that the Committee has sent in relation to this incident. However,
they reported via the media that they are undertaking the necessary measures for clarifi cation of
the case.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident puts into question the safety of different
religious communities in the country.
