What happened: An unknown perpetrator committed burglary at the headquarters of a political
party in Kavadarci. The perpetrator entered and seized several packs of water and juices, a small
heater, and a coffee maker. According to the media information, measures were being taken for
fi nding the perpetrator and resolving the incident.
Date, time and location of the incident: In the period from 12.12.2016 to 13.12.2016, political party
headquarters in Kavadarci.
Source of information: Electronic medium Libertas.
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), Burglary (Article 236, 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;
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 PS Kavadarci investigated the crime scene and established
that the crime “Theft” (Article 235, paragraph 2 of CC) was committed, and since this crime is
prosecuted as a private lawsuit, charges had not been fi led with PPO against an unknown perpetrator.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the political stability of
the country in general.
