The Struga police department has filed a criminal complaint against a 40-year-old woman, L.O., from the village of Oktisi near Struga, suspected of "robbery". According to the Interior Ministry, on 28 August she forced her way into the home of an 81-year-old man in a village in the Struga area, physically attacked him and took money from him by force.

Police tracked her down and detained her, and the competent prosecutor's office has been informed. How much money was taken and what condition the elderly man is in, the statement doesn't say.

The case is small in scale, but not in what it tells us. The victim is an 81-year-old man, attacked in his own home - the place where he should feel safest. Five weeks passed between the attack and the public announcement. At that pace, can elderly people in the villages sleep easy?