New firefight between Mak police and criminals - update2 PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
New firefight occurred this morning near the Macedonian - Kosovo border. Once again Macedonian police patrol was fired upon by an ethnic Albanian criminal unit operating in the area.
The firefight lasted about 15 minutes, which according to MINA's sources resulted in 4 deaths. No Macedonian policemen were injured.
The Macedonian police acted on tips that a criminal unit is smuggling large amounts of weaponry across Macedonia's borders. On its way to intercept what appeared to be uniformed men in a van, the gang opened fire after they were warned to stop their vehicle.
The police acted swiftly and the group was eliminated. MINA finds three people were identified, one of whom is from Kosovo, while the other two are from the village of Grchec and Merovo. The fourth is not yet identified. According to MINA sources, there were several other armed terorirists operating in and around the Radusha village who surrendered to the police.
The Ministry of Interior has not released information, as they are still preparing the report scheduled for this afternoon.
Just last week there was a similar firefight between Macedonian police and uniformed ethnic Albanians who guarded large weapons stash. In both incidents Macedonian police confiscated large amounts of various weapons.
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
New firefight occurred this morning near the Macedonian - Kosovo border. Once again Macedonian police patrol was fired upon by an ethnic Albanian criminal unit operating in the area.
The firefight lasted about 15 minutes, which according to MINA's sources resulted in 4 deaths. No Macedonian policemen were injured.
The Macedonian police acted on tips that a criminal unit is smuggling large amounts of weaponry across Macedonia's borders. On its way to intercept what appeared to be uniformed men in a van, the gang opened fire after they were warned to stop their vehicle.
The police acted swiftly and the group was eliminated. MINA finds three people were identified, one of whom is from Kosovo, while the other two are from the village of Grchec and Merovo. The fourth is not yet identified. According to MINA sources, there were several other armed terorirists operating in and around the Radusha village who surrendered to the police.
The Ministry of Interior has not released information, as they are still preparing the report scheduled for this afternoon.
Just last week there was a similar firefight between Macedonian police and uniformed ethnic Albanians who guarded large weapons stash. In both incidents Macedonian police confiscated large amounts of various weapons.
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