THE office of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) was attacked by neonazi thugs on Tuesday.

The attack on Tuesday left windows broken and walls daubed with fascist slogans.

The NKPJ offices have been attacked five times in the last year but the party says “this is the worst attack yet.”

NKPJ general secretary Aleksander Banjanac said: “In the last few years neonazis have been very active and they constantly destroy a lot of anti-fascist monuments and other symbols of socialism in our country. 

“The NKPJ is the most active party in our country to defend socialist and anti-fascist symbols. Police and authorities did not want to do anything. Our security services and police are very familiar with neonazi groups and they created a lot of them.” 

Mr Banjanac continued: “The reactionary forces actions against our party aim to scare us communists in our country. The members of the NKPJ are followers of the partisans who, led by the communists, defeated fascism and collaborationists who served the Nazi occupiers and slaughtered their own people. 

“Communists are proud of that struggle, because after that glorious victory, a more just world was built, which was tailored to humanity, foresaw a future worth living in, and spread brotherhood and unity among nations, not a policy of hatred and exploitation.”

Communist Party of Britain general secretary Rob Griffiths said: “Communist parties are under vicious attack from far-right governments and neonazis across eastern Europe, Ukraine and the Baltic states. 

“Yet Western governments and the media are silent about this offensive even as they proclaim their commitment to democracy and civil liberties. 

Mr Griffiths added: “Once again, it falls to trade unions and the labour movement to condemn these outrages and protest to the relevant embassies in Britain.”