Treboš Ambush | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Albanian National Army
[1] National Liberation Army [2] (Denied from NLA) | Macedonia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Xhemail Rexhepi
[2] Alban Perishi |
Goran Stojkov Goran Georgievski | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Unknown Unknown | Lions | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
5-20 militants Unknown | 60 members of the security forces | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
3 killed 3 wounded [8] | ||||||
100 Macedonian civilians abducted, after a police action all civilians released
[6]
[7] 7 suspected ANA members arrested [7] [5] |
The Treboš ambush was an attack carried out by the Albanian National Army (ANA) against a convoy of the Special Police Unit "Lions" near the village of Treboš on 11 November 2001. The Macedonian government accused the NLA of setting up the ambush but the NLA denied responsibility, instead a group known as the ANA claimed responsibility. The ambush occurred after the war of 2001 officially ended with the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement when members of the special Macedonian police forces were attacked on the road to Treboš where they were supposed to secure a mass grave [9] suspected of containing the bodies of 13 Macedonian civilians kidnapped by the NLA. [10] [11]
In a statement yesterday, a dissident ethnic Albanian group calling itself the Albanian National Army claimed responsibility for the killings, saying: "The Skopje government is restarting its terror and sees war as the only response to Albanian demands."
It added: "The arrest of the seven Albanians has led to the killing of three Slav [Macedonian] paramilitaries and the wounding of more of them. It all happened in clashes with our units under commander Shqiponja 5 [Eagle 5]."
The excavation was ordered by Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski, a hard-line Macedonian nationalist, who sent a special police unit to the area
Bloodshed erupted on Sunday after special police units crossed unguarded cease-fire lines and secured an alleged mass grave site for exhumation while arresting a number of former ethnic Albanian guerrillas.
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Three policemen have been killed and about 100 Macedonians abducted or held hostage in a sudden escalation of violence in the volatile Balkan country.
Three policemen have been killed and about 100 people abducted or held hostage in a sudden escalation of violence in Macedonia. The interior minister, Ljube Boskovski, said that all captives were reported released by midday yesterday.
Treboš Ambush | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Albanian National Army
[1] National Liberation Army [2] (Denied from NLA) | Macedonia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Xhemail Rexhepi
[2] Alban Perishi |
Goran Stojkov Goran Georgievski | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Unknown Unknown | Lions | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
5-20 militants Unknown | 60 members of the security forces | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
3 killed 3 wounded [8] | ||||||
100 Macedonian civilians abducted, after a police action all civilians released
[6]
[7] 7 suspected ANA members arrested [7] [5] |
The Treboš ambush was an attack carried out by the Albanian National Army (ANA) against a convoy of the Special Police Unit "Lions" near the village of Treboš on 11 November 2001. The Macedonian government accused the NLA of setting up the ambush but the NLA denied responsibility, instead a group known as the ANA claimed responsibility. The ambush occurred after the war of 2001 officially ended with the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement when members of the special Macedonian police forces were attacked on the road to Treboš where they were supposed to secure a mass grave [9] suspected of containing the bodies of 13 Macedonian civilians kidnapped by the NLA. [10] [11]
In a statement yesterday, a dissident ethnic Albanian group calling itself the Albanian National Army claimed responsibility for the killings, saying: "The Skopje government is restarting its terror and sees war as the only response to Albanian demands."
It added: "The arrest of the seven Albanians has led to the killing of three Slav [Macedonian] paramilitaries and the wounding of more of them. It all happened in clashes with our units under commander Shqiponja 5 [Eagle 5]."
The excavation was ordered by Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski, a hard-line Macedonian nationalist, who sent a special police unit to the area
Bloodshed erupted on Sunday after special police units crossed unguarded cease-fire lines and secured an alleged mass grave site for exhumation while arresting a number of former ethnic Albanian guerrillas.
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Three policemen have been killed and about 100 Macedonians abducted or held hostage in a sudden escalation of violence in the volatile Balkan country.
Three policemen have been killed and about 100 people abducted or held hostage in a sudden escalation of violence in Macedonia. The interior minister, Ljube Boskovski, said that all captives were reported released by midday yesterday.