A criminal complaint has been filed against a minor from Skopje for the crime of "terrorism"

The Department for Combating Terrorism, Violent Extremism and Radicalism at the Department for the Suppression of Organized and Serious Crime to the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office for the Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption today filed a criminal complaint against a 15-year-old boy from Skopje, for the crime of "terrorism" and punishable under Article 394-b paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code, the Ministry of the Interior announced.

About a month ago, the minor created an email address using his mobile phone and on the same day, via his laptop, he sent a message with threatening content to the official email address of a secondary school in Skopje. At the same time, in order to conceal his activities when sending the message, the minor used a VPN application.

It was established that the IP address was used, the owner of which is the minor's father, and a search was carried out in the home based on a court order. The phone, SIM card and laptop used by the minor were confiscated.

From the performed expertise, it was established that the same electronic address was used to send messages with threatening content to several schools in the territory of the city of Skopje from a mobile phone and from a laptop computer, on several occasions, say the Ministry of the Interior.

At the beginning of the month, in the presence of his parent, an inspector for minors and domestic violence from SVR Skopje and a lawyer, an official interview was held with the minor at the police station, during which he clarified the manner of committing the crime.