SKOPJE, Aug 26 (Hina) - Macedonian Interior Minister Ljubo Boskovski on Monday said that the identity of the organisers of the murder of two policemen was discovered and two suspects had been taken into custody. He also said that the
motive for the murders was deeply political.
SKOPJE, Aug 26 (Hina) - Macedonian Interior Minister Ljubo
Boskovski on Monday said that the identity of the organisers of the
murder of two policemen was discovered and two suspects had been
taken into custody. He also said that the motive for the murders was
deeply political. #L#
"Every day we have been warning that it is necessary to deal with
terrorist groups, unfortunately the international community are
threatening me with the Hague and bombing Macedonia. At today's
meeting with the ambassadors of NATO, the Organisation for Security
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union I was told
that I will end up in The Hague if we arrest Ali Ahmeti. Despite all
this, I will continue to fight terrorist groups particularly
because I have the support of the peaceful Albanian population that
does not want war and is faced with terrorist attacks every day,
Boskovski said.
The SITEL private television channel stated that it had received a
statement which claimed that the Albanian National Army was
responsible for the murder of the policemen in Gostivar. The
statement calls Albanian nationals in the Macedonian police to
withdraw from combined patrols and to transfer to the ANA in the
fight against Macedonians.
Ali Ahmeti, the amnestied commander of the dismissed ONA on Monday
night was to hold a meeting of his party in Skopje. However, because
of the events in Gostivar, citizens of a suburb in Skopje blocked
the road to prevent the meeting.
The party convention was in the meantime cancelled.
(hina) sp sb