Battle of Vaksince
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The Battle of Vaksince was a military engagement between the Macedonian security forces and Albanian insurgents belonging to the NLA, which was at the time launching a campaign of guerrilla attacks against facilities of the Macedonian Government, the Macedonian Police force, and the Macedonian Armed Forces.[19][20]
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Battle of Vaksince | |||||||||
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Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Macedonia[6] | National Liberation Army | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Boris Trajkovski Ljubčo Georgievski Pande Petrovski Ljube Boškoski |
Fadil Nimani †[7][8] Nazim Bushi[9] Naim Alili Nazmi Sulejmani Hajrulla Misini | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Macedonian Army Macedonian Police Scorpions[10] |
114th Brigade 113th Brigade "Ismet Jashari" | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
2 Mi-24 helicopters[11] 3 T-55 tanks[12] | 50 militants[13] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
2 killed[1] 4 wounded[14][15] 1 POW[1] |
2 killed[16] 1 seriously wounded[17] | ||||||||
12,000 ethnic Albanian civilians displaced[18][3] 9,500 fled to Kosovo 2,500 fled to Serbia |
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