Goshince police station attacked and taken by armed Albanians

[DraganOfStip]

I just read that the police station in the village of Goshince (municipality of Lipkovo,in close proximity to the Kosovo border) had been attacked and taken by a group of around 40 armed Albanian insurgents from Kosovo.Media say that 4 Macedonian police officers are held prisoners.
The Ministry of Interior are to hold a press conference within half an hour with more info...

http://www.press24.mk/40-vooruzheni-lica-od-kosovo-ja-zavzemale-policiskata-stanica-vo-goshince-zarobeni-4-policajci

[DraganOfStip]

Update:

http://www.vest.mk/default.asp?ItemID=0AFBB92EFC3F014DB70A4F622DCC60A8

Other useful links:

http://www.time.mk/c/534fbff141/vooruzena-grupa-od-kosovo-ja-napadnala-policiskata-stanica-vo-lipkovsko-gosince.html

[Volokin]

Well if there was ever a chance to attack Macedonian territory, it would be now.

Macedonia hasn't been this unstable since 2001.

[EgejskaMakedonia]

What's the go Dragan? I've had a look around and nobody really seems to be taking this seriously. Many are alluding to it as some sort of hoax that was set up for political reasons. Given what's been happening lately, I wouldn't put it past them to do such a thing. It's rather strange that they'd storm the place and then just leave a few hours later.

Here's an English source:

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/gunmen-police-hostage-macedonia-call-albanian-state-120132907.html

[vicsinad]

What's the go Dragan? I've had a look around and nobody really seems to be taking this seriously.

That's true. But it seems like not many Macedonians are taken anything really seriously, anyway.

[EgejskaMakedonia]

That's true. But it seems like not many Macedonians are taken anything really seriously, anyway.

I agree, but if this happened anywhere else in the world ALL news stations would be covering it non-stop. The fact that it was announced the next day and everything supposedly occurred in the middle of the night sounds like bullshit to me. If 40 armed men took a police station by force, there would definitely be casualties...not to mention there's no way they'd be able to just stroll out and return to Kosovo or wherever they are from. This has the making of a big joke and probably shows that a few people are on someone's payroll.

[vicsinad]

http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region.php?yyyy=2015&mm=04&dd=21&nav_id=93868

The KLA (Albanian: UCK) is the now disbanded so-called Kosovo Liberation Army. The Lipkovo municipality is located in northern Macedonia.

The Macedonian Interior Ministry has confirmed that "the terrorist" attack took place at around 02:30 CET on Tuesday, the MIA news agency is reporting.

The armed group from Kosovo attacked the police outpost near the village, disarming the four police officers on duty, "and addressing them in Albanian."

Officials have said that the attack is treated as "an act of terrorism," perpetrated "most likely by persons from Kosovo," and that "all police officers (from the outpost) are now safe."

Interior Minister Ivo Kotevski said that the attackers were "well armed," wearing KLA insignia and speaking Albanian among themselves, and also had an interpreter who spoke "bad Macedonian."

"We are the KLA. Tell everyone that (Ali) Ahmeti and (Nikola) Gruevski cannot save you. We don't want the Ohrid Agreement. We love our country, let nobody come, we will liquidate everyone," the attackers were quoted as saying.

The terrorists first handcuffed and beat the police officers and then gave them the keys and told them they had "half an hour to escape or they will be killed." They also video taped the whole incident.

However, the current situation at the police outpost and in the 99-percent ethnic Albanian village remained unclear on Tuesday afternoon.

[DraganOfStip]

I agree, but if this happened anywhere else in the world ALL news stations would be covering it non-stop. The fact that it was announced the next day and everything supposedly occurred in the middle of the night sounds like bullshit to me. If 40 armed men took a police station by force, there would definitely be casualties...not to mention there's no way they'd be able to just stroll out and return to Kosovo or wherever they are from. This has the making of a big joke and probably shows that a few people are on someone's payroll.

Here's a video from April 4th where general Angelov warns of possibble ethnic clashes in the Lipkovo region masterminded by the ruling parties to distract attention from the bugging scandal:

http://a1on.mk/wordpress/archives/480393

I don't know how credible is this,but the discrepancies you mentioned certainly leave room for doubt in this whole incident...

[VMRO]

Macedonian media has also stated that one of the policemen did a Macgyver and somehow managed to free his hands as they were tied and freed the other police officers.

That's how they got away... now i'm hearing they were told they had 30 mins to run away.

[vicsinad]

Here's a video from April 4th where general Angelov warns of possibble ethnic clashes in the Lipkovo region masterminded by the ruling parties to distract attention from the bugging scandal:

http://a1on.mk/wordpress/archives/480393

I don't know how credible is this,but the discrepancies you mentioned certainly leave room for doubt in this whole incident...

Thanks for that.

[vicsinad]

Macedonian media has also stated that one of the policemen did a Macgyver and somehow managed to free his hands as they were tied and freed the other police officers.

That's how they got away... now i'm hearing they were told they had 30 mins to run away.

It seems like it was a combination of both:

The attack occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, when the armed men, who spoke Albanian, stormed the building of the department and disarmed the four police officers, who were on duty.

The armed men gave the police officers half an hour to leave the police station before the group left the area and took the armaments of the officers, the Macedonian Information Agency (MIA) reports.

Three of the police officers were left tied, while the fourth one remained untied and set his colleagues free once the group had left.

- See more at: http://www.novinite.com/articles/168....O1VrEx4d.dpuf

[DraganOfStip]

Let's just analize what we know so far:

Allegedly,a group of 40 (not four,but fourty uniformed and well armed men,hardly something you'd miss seeing,even in the middle of the night) stormed a police outpost near the Kosovo border (the most dangerous place to be), that just happened to have just four policemen on duty (!),and took the outpost without fireing a single shot.
Then they just bitchslap one of them,take their weaponry and gear and return to Kosovo (again undetected by anyone) without killing them (and we know the attrocities these monsters did to civilians during the conflict,let alone to the security forces) and talked to the policemen with the entire stereotypical vocabulary of an Albanian "krvnik" that means business...

Summing all that,is it just me or are there too many coincidences in this incident?

[Volokin]

What are the motives of the party/parties involved if this is a false flag?

As it stands, the Albanians have not been involved in the current political troubles.

What good does the reemergence of the KLA do for any party, let's say DPMNE, besides deflect attention elsewhere?

[Volokin]

Also, according to Google Maps, Gošince looks like a tiny village, and I can't seem to make out any church or mosque.

The 2002 census claims that Lipkovo municipality is 97.4% (26,360) Albanian, with only 169 Macedonians, even less than the 370 Serbs.

Is there any information on the ethnicity of the policemen?

[ramo]

Let's just analize what we know so far:

Allegedly,a group of 40 (not four,but fourty uniformed and well armed men,hardly something you'd miss seeing,even in the middle of the night) stormed a police outpost near the Kosovo border (the most dangerous place to be), that just happened to have just four policemen on duty (!),and took the outpost without fireing a single shot.
Then they just bitchslap one of them,take their weaponry and gear and return to Kosovo (again undetected by anyone) without killing them (and we know the attrocities these monsters did to civilians during the conflict,let alone to the security forces) and talked to the policemen with the entire stereotypical vocabulary of an Albanian "krvnik" that means business...

Summing all that,is it just me or are there too many coincidences in this incident?

One more coincidence. Today the council of EU published conclusion in which is said

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/04/21-conclusions-fyr-macedonia/

Council expresses its grave concern regarding the deteriorating situation in the country, in particular in the area of rule of law, fundamental rights and freedom of media, which are core democratic values at the heart of the EU and its enlargement policy.

General Angelov as some of you posted, few weeks ago said this scenario is being prepared to distract public attention. He said this is prepared in Lipkovo region where this incident happened. His statement was given after internet media website published that he together with radical islamists are cooperating. He confronted verbally the media owner in coffee bar and asked for explanation about the bullshit being written but the owner of the website had nothing to say.

I think everyone should be careful at the moment and see if we have to deal with real treat here, although in my opinion again there will e no arrested or suspects for this incident. One more thing, UCK and it's prime commander are in the macedonian government they are not on the field.