Macedonia's main ruling VMRO DPMNE party condemned the online appearance of falsified images that were edited to picture the death notices of a number of Western ambassadors and foreign representatives.
"This act is completely unacceptable and prohibited and has to stop in the future," the party said in a press release.
The false death notices appeared on the image-sharing website Imgur soon after VMRO DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski, in speech on Saturday, accused foreign diplomats of interfering with the work of the State Electoral Commission, suggesting they were trying to rob him of his victory in the November 11 elections.
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