What happened: SDSM (the largest opposition party) stated that during a meeting with local
\ncommunity in Lisiche, Skopje, their Presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski was verbally assaulted
\nand that there was an attempt for physical attack against him. The police stated that the incident
\nwas a fight between four members of SDSM and two members of VMRO-DPMNE. VMRO-DPMNE
\ncondemned the violence.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: April 15th, Lisiche, Skopje.
\nSource of information: The local media 24Vesti.
\nVictim(s) involved: Four members of the opposition party (physically assaulted); Presidential candidate
\nof opposition party (verbally assaulted).
\nType of the crime(s): Endangerment of safety Art.144, Bodily harm Art.130 CCRM.
\nPerpetrator(s): Two members of the ruling party. The political party condemned the violence.
\nBrief description of incident with bias indicators: The bias motive in this incident is political affiliation
\nand political persuasion, and the bias indicators in this incident are:
\n1. Victim perception \u2013 From the statements made for the media, it can easily be derived that the victims
\n\u2013 the representatives from SDSM, perceive the incident as bias motivated.
\n2. Location and timing\u2013 the incident occurred during a political rally of the targeted group.
\n3. Nature of violence \u2013 The incident was carried out in public.
\n4. Lack of other motives.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Misdemeanour charges pressed.
\nResponse of local authorities: The Ministry of Interior stated via Answer upon a Request for
\ninformation of public character sent by the Committee that the people involved are brought up
\nagainst misdemeanour charges, in accordance with the Law on misdemeanours against the public
\npeace and order. However, there has been no answer as to the fact that indicates to the possible
\nmotive of the crime.
\nImpact on the victim(s) and the community: These type of incidents brings into question the general
\npolitical situation in the country and the cohabitation between the different groups in the society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: SDSM (the largest opposition party) stated that during a meeting with local community in Lisiche, Skopje, their Presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski was verbally assaulted and that there was an attempt for physical attack against him. The police stated that the incident was a fight between four members of… […]<\/p>\n