Battle of Vaksince
The Battle of Vaksince was a military engagement between the Macedonian security forces and Albanian insurgents belonging to the NLA, which was at the time launching a campaign of guerrilla attacks against facilities of the Macedonian Government, the Macedonian Police force, and the Macedonian Armed Forces.
| Battle of Vaksince | |||||||||
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| Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Macedonia | National Liberation Army | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Boris Trajkovski Ljubčo Georgievski Pande Petrovski Ljube Boškoski |
Fadil Nimani † Nazim Bushi Naim Alili Nazmi Sulejmani Hajrulla Misini | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Macedonian Army Macedonian Police Scorpions |
114th Brigade 113th Brigade "Ismet Jashari" | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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2 Mi-24 helicopters 3 T-55 tanks | 50 militants | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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2 killed 4 wounded 1 POW |
2 killed 1 seriously wounded | ||||||||
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12,000 ethnic Albanian civilians displaced 9,500 fled to Kosovo 2,500 fled to Serbia | |||||||||
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