What happened: On 23.03.2018, at 16:00, at the Police Precinct in Ohrid, a citizen reported that an unknown
\nperson was damaging a religious object \u2013 a grave on \u201cGoce Delchev\u201d Street, opposite the Haydar Pasha Mosque.
\nAfter conducting inspection, it was established that around 15:50, an unknown perpetrator broke the roof
\ntiles on the cover of a \u201cTurbe\u201d (a grave of an unknown Muslim saint), and fled the scene. From the measures
\nundertaken it was established that the perpetrator was E.Sh. (38), from Ohrid. He was identified, deprived of
\nliberty and taken into custody at the Police Precinct Ohrid for further proceedings.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 23 March, around 16:00h, in Ohrid, near Haydar-Pasha Mosque.
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\nVictim(s) involved: none.
\nType of crime(s): Damage of Objects of Others (Article 243, CC), Desecration of a grave (Article 400, CC),
\nInciting Hatred, Discord or Intolerance on National, Racial, Religious and other Grounds Article 319, CC)
\nPerpetrator(s): unknown perpetrator(s).
\nBrief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
\nbias indicators are:
\n1. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 religious objects and cemeteries had previously also been desecrated and
\ndestroyed.
\n2. Location \u2013 The incident took place in the vicinity of the Haydar-Pasha Mosque.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Unknown.
\nResponse of the local authorities: MoI\u2019s answer to the request for information states that criminal charged
\nhad been pressed to the competent PPPO for the crime of \u201cDesecrating a grave\u201d (Article 400, CC).
\nImpact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of the
\ntwo major ethnic communities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: On 23.03.2018, at 16:00, at the Police Precinct in Ohrid, a citizen reported that an unknown person was damaging a religious object \u2013 a grave on \u201cGoce Delchev\u201d Street, opposite the Haydar Pasha Mosque. After conducting inspection, it was established that around 15:50, an unknown perpetrator broke the… […]<\/p>\n