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The Special Anti-terrorist Unit aka Tigers is a paramilitary police unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of North Macedonia.[2] that specialized in anti-irregular military in urban and hard-to-reach areas, apprehension of armed and dangerous criminals, commando style raids on key targets, counterinsurgency in urban and hard-to-reach areas, executive protection, high-risk tactical law enforcement situations, hostage rescue crisis management, operating in difficult to access terrain, protecting high-level meeting areas, providing security in areas at risk of attack or terrorism, special reconnaissance in difficult to access and dangerous areas, support disaster response, and tactical international counterterrorism operations.
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On March 13, 1981, the paramilitary police unit was established in Socialist Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia).[3] The unit was involved in the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia.[4] On March 29, Tigers along with the military units 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade (aka Scorpions) and Special Operations Regiment (aka Wolves) took over Tanuševci. In the battle of Aračinovo, the Tigers and Wolves failed to stop the rebels' defense line. Tigers defended the water supply during the battle of Raduša.[5] The unit was withdrawn from the battlefield, allegedly due to being sent into battle without adequate support, and refusing to obey orders.[4]
During the insurgency, the unit was also involved in the commando style raids and killing of five ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army (NLA) rebels on August 7 in Skopje.[6]
According to Institute for War and Peace Reporting in 2002, most of the recruits to the Tigers were members of VMRO-DPMNE, with a significant number having criminal records. 14 Tigers got charged for being involved in a fight in Vinica the same year.[7] The unit, along with the unit Lions, was recorded assaulting workers, opposition journalists, media personnel, political activists and random civilians, and also threatening opposition politicians.[8] The unit participated in the 2015 Kumanovo clashes, where eight of its members were killed.[9][10]
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Serbia
2014 Floods in Serbia[1] – 24 men and one Mi-17.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2014 Floods in Bosnia[1] – 15 men.
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