What happened: Four masked persons threw Molotov cocktails on the Museum of the Albanian
\nAlphabet in Bitola. The persons wanted to set the facility on fire, but failed to so, and then only broke
\nthe glass. Some of the glass panes in the windows and doors of the museum were broken, and there
\nwere visible traces of the Molotov cocktail in front of the entrance.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 07 March, around 04:00, Museum of the Albanian Alphabet,
\nBitola.
\nSource of information: Electronic media outlet Tera TV, electronic media outlet Reporter.
\nVictim(s) involved: Apart from material damage, there were no victims in this incident.
\nType of crime(s): Damage of Objects of Others (Article 243, CC), Causing national, racial or religious
\nhate, discord and intolerance (Article 319, CC)
\nPerpetrator(s): Four persons
\nBrief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity,
\nnationality or language, while the bias indicators are:
\n1. Target location \u2013 the target location was the Museum of the Albanian Alphabet in Bitola;
\n2. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 this was the fifth attack on the Museum of the Albanian Alphabet in
\nBitola;<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Criminal charges were brought against four people on reasonable grounds for
\nsuspicion of committing the criminal act of \u201cCreating General Danger\u201d pursuant to Article 288 of
\nthe CC.
\nResponse of the local authorities: The MoI\u2019s response to the MHC request for public information
\nregarding this incident stated that after taking adequate measures and activities SIA Bitola submitted
\ncriminal charges against four people on grounds of reasonable suspicion that they have committed
\nthe crime of \u201cCreating General Danger\u201d in accordance with Article 288 from CC. In addition, the
\nresponse also states that after conducting interviews with the suspects, SIA Bitola did not find any
\nindication that the crime was committed due to the ethnicity of the people, but that it was done
\nindependently and without any influence.
\nImpact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence
\nof the two major ethnic communities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: Four masked persons threw Molotov cocktails on the Museum of the Albanian Alphabet in Bitola. The persons wanted to set the facility on fire, but failed to so, and then only broke the glass. Some of the glass panes in the windows and doors of the museum were… […]<\/p>\n