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Multiethnic police attacked in northern Macedonia
AFP | July 1, 2002

Posted on 07/01/2002 2:00:00 PM PDT by joan

SKOPJE, July 1 (AFP) - A group of unknown attackers on Monday opened automatic fire at a multiethnic police patrol in a former stronghold of ethnic Albanian rebels in Macedonia, causing no casualties, a police official said.

The patrol, composed of Macedonians and ethnic Albanians, was attacked early Monday in Rudnicka kolonija, a settlement in the north between the villages of Lojane and Vaksince, Vojislav Zafirovski told AFP.

The police returned fire, he added.

The region of northern Macedonia was a scene of last year's fierce clashes between the government forces and ethnic Albanian rebels of the National Liberation Army (NLA).

According to a peace agreement signed last August, the NLA was disbanded and most of the territory it had controlled was returned under the control of Skopje. Multiethnic police patrol in most of the territory.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: balkans; macedonia

1 posted on 07/01/2002 2:00:00 PM PDT by joan
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To: joan
Albanians doing what they do best...
2 posted on 07/01/2002 5:34:21 PM PDT by bob808
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To: bob808
Albanians doing what they do best...

They sure are good at breeding with their siblings......

3 posted on 07/01/2002 5:48:54 PM PDT by Zandar
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To: *balkans
My, how will the 'international community' respond?

VRN

4 posted on 07/02/2002 7:26:17 AM PDT by Voronin
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To: Voronin
My, how will the 'international community' respond?

Oh well, that's easy: they won't!

5 posted on 07/02/2002 8:50:40 AM PDT by Tamodaleko
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