What happened: Early in the morning, an unknown perpetrator damaged the SDSM political party headquarters in the village of Bardovci. The unknown perpetrator broke two windows of the building
with a rock.
Date, time and location of the incident: 14 December, party headquarters of SDSM, in Bardovci,
Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic medium 24vesti.
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 the main opposition party;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – this incident is the latest in the growing trend of robbing and damaging
headquarters of political parties during the pre-election period.
Status of the case: Closed.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that the person who reported the incident was informed that the
committed crime “Damage to objects of others” was prosecuted as a private lawsuit, for which he/
she should submit a report to the closest police station. The person was contacted by police offi cers
from PS “Karposh” several times and he stated that he did not want to fi le charges and refused to
participate in further proceedings.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the political stability
of the country in general.
