SKOPJE, July 22 (Hina) - Albanian rebels from the villages of Sipkovica, Lavce and Gajre and two Tetovo suburbs attacked Macedonian security forces positioned in Tetovo early on Sunday morning, wounding two Macedonian soldiers. The
strongest attacks occurred around 11.00 hours when Macedonian forces responded to the fire, military chief-of-staff Lt. Col. Blagoja Markovski said. The rebels' provocation continues. Shots were heard throughout the night in the crisis area of Tetovo. Albanian rebels expelled ten families from Drenovac 1 village, pillaging their property. Without requesting or getting permission from Macedonian authorities, a United States transport helicopter flew over the Tetovo area on Saturday afternoon, landing first in Sipkovica village and then in Brodec where it unloaded containers whose contents are unknown, before heading towards Kosovo, Defence Ministry spokesman Marjan Dju
SKOPJE, July 22 (Hina) - Albanian rebels from the villages of
Sipkovica, Lavce and Gajre and two Tetovo suburbs attacked
Macedonian security forces positioned in Tetovo early on Sunday
morning, wounding two Macedonian soldiers.
The strongest attacks occurred around 11.00 hours when Macedonian
forces responded to the fire, military chief-of-staff Lt. Col.
Blagoja Markovski said.
The rebels' provocation continues. Shots were heard throughout the
night in the crisis area of Tetovo. Albanian rebels expelled ten
families from Drenovac 1 village, pillaging their property.
Without requesting or getting permission from Macedonian
authorities, a United States transport helicopter flew over the
Tetovo area on Saturday afternoon, landing first in Sipkovica
village and then in Brodec where it unloaded containers whose
contents are unknown, before heading towards Kosovo, Defence
Ministry spokesman Marjan Djurovski said.
The Ministry has requested an explanation from international
peacekeepers in Kosovo, the KFOR, for this disturbance of
Macedonia's air space, he added.
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