What happened: An unknown perpetrator damaged the facade of the Museum of Albanian Alphabet,
\nowned by the Ministry of Culture, where the marble and the plastic panel from the front door of the
\nmuseum were sprayed with black color, and a swastika was drawn on the wall next to the front door.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: 13 November, at 11:00, Museum of Albanian Alphabet, Bitola.
\nSource of information: Electronic medium MKD.mk.
\nVictim(s) involved: Aside from the material damage, there were no victims of this incident.
\nType of the crime(s): Damage to objects of others (Article 243, CC), Causing hatred, discord or
\nintolerance on national, racial, religious and other discriminatory ground (Article 319, CC).
\nPerpetrator(s): Unknown.
\nBrief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity and
\nthe bias indicators are:
\n1. Target location \u2013 the target location is the Museum of Albanian Alphabet.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Under investigation.
\nResponse of Local Authorities: In MOI\u2019s response to the Committee\u2019s request for public information regarding this incident, it is stated that after the reporting of the event and under the Public
\nProsecutor\u2019s authorization in Bitola, an investigation was conducted by SIA Bitola. At SIA Bitola,
\nthe incident was registered as a criminal act of \u201cDamage to objects of others\u201d which in accordance
\nwith Article 243, paragraph 1 of CC is prosecuted as a private lawsuit. Additionally, the response also
\nstated that measures were being taken for resolving the incident and identifying the perpetrators.
\nImpact on the victim(s) and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic coexistence
\nbetween the two largest communities in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: An unknown perpetrator damaged the facade of the Museum of Albanian Alphabet, owned by the Ministry of Culture, where the marble and the plastic panel from the front door of the museum were sprayed with black color, and a swastika was drawn on the wall next to the… […]<\/p>\n