What happened: The Sector for Internal Affairs Strumica, in coordination with the Sector for Computer
\nCrime and Digital Forensics under the Ministry of Interior, submitted criminal charges against I.S. (41) from
\nStrumica to the competent public prosecution, for reasonable suspicion that he had committed the crime
\nof \u201cEndangering the safety\u201d and \u201cSpreading racist and xenophobic materials through a computer system\u201d.
\nOn 19.10.2018, at 09:20 h he posted racist and xenophobic content related to the persons S.A. and I.S. on
\nthe social network Twitter and was summoned for an interview in SIA Strumica, where he explained that the
\nTwitter profile where the post was published is his and that he was the author of the post<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: On Twitter social network on 19.10.2018, at 09:20 h.
\nSource of information: MoI\u2019s daily newsletter.
\nVictim(s) involved: Apart from material damage, there were no victims in this incident.
\nType of crime(s): Spreading racist and xenophobic materials through a computer system (Article 394-\u0433
\n\u0441\u0442. 1, CC).
\nPerpetrator(s): I.S. (42) from Strumica
\nBrief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is political affiliation
\nor political convictions, and the bias indicators are:
\n1. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 incidents of committing these crimes via social networks had previously
\nbeen registered as well.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: criminal charges pressed KU no. 33.4-500 from 26.10.2018
\nResponse of the local authorities: To the request submitted to MoI in relation to this incident, asking
\nwhether there are indicators verifying hate crime in this case, we got a response in January 2019, stating that
\nin regard to this case, they submitted criminal charges to KU no. 33.4-500, from 26.10.2018 to the competent
\nPPO for further action.
\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 Sector for Internal Affairs Strumica, in coordination with the Sector for Computer Crime and Digital Forensics under the Ministry of Interior, submitted criminal charges against I.S. (41) from Strumica to the competent public prosecution, for reasonable suspicion that he had committed the crime of \u201cEndangering the safety\u201d… […]<\/p>\n