Gajre ambush

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Gajre ambush
Part of the
Macedonia
Result NLA victory
Belligerents National Liberation Army  MacedoniaCommanders and leaders Army of the Republic of Macedonia Isak Rufati †Units involved Unknown
Macedonian army
Strength Unknown 11 soldiers[1]Casualties and losses None 5 killed
6 wounded

Ethnic Albanian rebels of the

Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.[1][2]

Ambush

The hills above Tetovo in northwestern Macedonia were subject to fierce fighting. According to Macedonian army officials, three of the soldiers died during an ambush as they were escorting medics to help six wounded men (consisting of three police officers and three soldiers) wounded in clashes that broke out that day.[3] Additional two soldiers were killed while making a food delivery.[4] The killed soldiers were an ethnic Albanian army sergeant, an ethnic Macedonian soldier from Strumica and three ethnic Macedonian reservists from Bitola.[5]

Aftermath

Macedonian Prime Minister

Ljubco Georgievski called for a state of war to be declared against the rebels.[6]

In 2010, a memorial plaque was placed along the road to Popova Šapka to honor the killed soldiers.[7] The plaque was destroyed in 2021.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Потсетник за загинатите бранители кај Гајре". ALFA TV (in Macedonian). 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Убиени уште петмина војници на АРМ". VEST (in Macedonian). 7 June 2001. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Five soldiers die in Macedonia clashes". BBC News. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Killing of 5 soldiers prompts demands for declaration of war in Macedonia". The Irish Times. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Macedonia: Five Soldiers Killed As Violence Escalates". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Macedonia vows to declare a state of war on rebels". The Independent. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Поставена плоча за петтемина загинати бранители кај Гајре". Dnevnik (in Macedonian). 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Уште едно уништување на спомен-плоча на бранителите, овојпат кај Гајре". Sitel (in Macedonian). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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