What happened: The priests indicate that on 10.03.2018, incidents involving damage to church property
\ni.e. writing Satanist graffiti on the wall of the St. Spas Church in Drachevo occurred. Such incidents also
\nhappened before, and the cases were reported to the Police Precinct and to the Municipality of Kisela Voda.
\nThe priests qualify these as serious incidents which cannot simply be ascribed to underage persons.
\nThe police is after the perpetrators.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 10.03.2018, St. Spas Church, Drachevo, Skopje.
\nSource of information: MoI\u2019s daily newsletter, electronic media outlet ako.mk. Victim(s) involved: Apart
\nfrom material damage, there were no victims in this incident. Type of crime(s): Damage of Objects of Others
\n(Article 243, CC). Perpetrator(s): Unknown perpetrator(s).
\nBrief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is religion and religious
\naffiliation, and the bias indicators are:
\n1. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 incidents involving damage to church property and religious insignia have
\nbeen previously registered as well.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Unknown.
\nResponse of the local authorities: To the request submitted to MoI in relation to this incident, asking
\nwhether there are indicators that would verify hate crime, we got an answer identical to the one in MoI\u2019s
\nnewsletter, i.e. that they had gone to the scene and that they were taking measures to fully solve the case.
\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: The priests indicate that on 10.03.2018, incidents involving damage to church property i.e. writing Satanist graffiti on the wall of the St. Spas Church in Drachevo occurred. Such incidents also happened before, and the cases were reported to the Police Precinct and to the Municipality of Kisela Voda…. […]<\/p>\n