What happened: At 11 h last night, at the Police Department Mavrovo, S.B. (74) reported that in the
\nresidential area Mavrovi Anovi two of the bronze statues of the national heroes Chede Filipovski and Zlate
\nMalakoski had been pulled down from their stands by means of physical force. Measures are taken to fully
\nclarify the case.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 21 June, in the evening hours, Mavrovi Anovi.
\nSource of information: Nova Makedonija daily, MoI\u2019s daily newsletter
\nVictim(s) involved: none
\nType of crime(s): Damaging objects of others (Article 243, 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 Other incidents of destroying and desecrating monuments from WWII
\nand other historical objects of importance to the Macedonian ethnic community had been previously
\nregistered as well.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Unknown.
\nResponse of the local authorities: MoI\u2019s response to the request for information stated that they had
\nregistered this incident as the crime \u201cDamaging objects of others\u201d under Article 243 of CC and submitted
\ncriminal charges against an unknown perpetrator to PPPO.
\nImpact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
\nthe two major ethnic communities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: At 11 h last night, at the Police Department Mavrovo, S.B. (74) reported that in the residential area Mavrovi Anovi two of the bronze statues of the national heroes Chede Filipovski and Zlate Malakoski had been pulled down from their stands by means of physical force. Measures are… […]<\/p>\n