What happened: During the afternoon, the headquarters of the SDSM political party located next to
the church in the village of Viniche was damaged. An unknown perpetrator forcibly broke the front
door, entered the building, scattered the documents and the advertising material, and also took
some of it away.
Date, time and location of the incident: 7 December, around 17:52, SDSM party headquarters in the
village of Viniche.
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. Target location – the target location is the pre-election headquarters of the BESA political party;
2. Pattern of previous incidents − this incident is the latest in the growing trend of 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 he/
she should submit a report to the nearest police station, but he failed in deliver a written statement.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the political stability of
the country in general.
