2001 Skopje police raid
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During the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia, a raid was conducted by the Macedonian police against ethnic Albanian rebels in a suburb of Skopje on 7 August. The police killed the rebel group and captured their weapon supplies.
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Skopje police raid | |||||||
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Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Macedonia | National Liberation Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ljube Boškoski | Lefter Koxhaj †[1] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Macedonian police | Skanderbeg special unit[4] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
200+ policemen[5] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None[6] | 5 killed[7][3] | ||||||
30 arrested[8][3] 4 detained |
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