Battle of Matejče
The Battle of Matejče (Macedonian: Битката кај Матејче Albanian: Beteja e Mateçit) was a military confrontation between the National Liberation Army (NLA) and the Macedonian Army in the village of Matejče during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia. The NLA succeeded in capturing the village on 5 June 2001 and the Macedonian Army was forced to withdraw from Matejče. The Macedonian Army continued to shell Matejče until 11 June 2001.
| Battle of Matejče | |||||||||
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| Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| National Liberation Army | Macedonia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Hajrulla Misini Beqir Sadiku Xhemail Rexhepi Nazmi Sulejmani Lefter Koxhaj |
Pande Petrovski Vlado Bučkovski Blagoja Markovski Stojanče Angelov | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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113th Brigade "Ismet Jashari" 114th Brigade Skanderbeg special unit |
Macedonian Army Macedonian Police "Tigar" Special Police Unit | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown |
50 officers (start of the battle) Unknown 3 T-55 tanks 20 armoured vehicles Mil Mi-24s | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 8 killed |
1 killed 3 wounded 1 tank destroyed | ||||||||
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8 Macedonian Serbs abused by NLA Around 20 people kidnapped by NLA Matejče Monastery destroyed by NLA Matejče Mosque destroyed by Macedonian shelling | |||||||||
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