What happened: In the municipality of Gjorche Petrov, an unknown perpetrator burned two billboards
with photos of members of the DUI political party.
Date, time and location of the incident: 25 November, around 14:25, on the crossroad at “Gjorche
Petrov” Street and “Kuzman Shapkarev” Street, municipality of Gjorche Petrov, Skopje.
Source of information: Electronic medium Skopjeinfo.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. Damage to objects – the billboard contained political material of the DUI party;
2. Pattern of previous incidents – this incident is the latest in the growing trend of damaging billboards
with political content during the pre-election period.
Status of the case: Under investigation.
Response of Local Authorities: In MOI’s response to the Committee’s request for public information
regarding this incident, it is stated that SIA Skopje was taking measures and actions for resolving the
incident and identifying the persons involved who would face criminal charges accordingly.
Impact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the political stability of
the country in general.
