Radovish man charged after threats to foreign embassy, sent for psychiatric evaluation
Gj.N. (37) allegedly called an embassy on November 4 and threatened staff; police arrested him after a report on November 5.
A 37-year-old resident of Radovish has been criminally charged after allegedly making threatening calls to staff at a foreign embassy in North Macedonia, and a court has ordered him sent for psychiatric observation.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on November 4 this year the suspect, identified only by his initials Gj.N. (37), called an embassy and issued threats to employees in a foreign language, endangering their safety.
Arrest and charges
The incident was reported to police the following day, on November 5. Officers located and detained Gj.N., and during an official interview he admitted the act, the ministry said.
The Strumica Regional Police Directorate, through the Radovish Police Department, filed a criminal complaint with the Strumica Basic Public Prosecutor's Office on suspicion of the crime “endangering persons under international protection”, in accordance with Article 420, paragraph 4 of the Criminal Code.
After the prosecutor submitted the complaint, a judge at the Basic Court in Strumica ruled that the 37-year-old be sent for psychiatric observation in an appropriate health institution.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs did not specify which country's embassy was the subject of the threats.
Photo: press material from the event
