2001 Skopje police raid
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.
| 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 † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Macedonian police | Skanderbeg special unit | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 200+ policemen | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | 5 killed | ||||||
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30 arrested 4 detained | |||||||
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