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Vejce massacre

Vejce Ambush
Part of Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
Date 28 April 2001
Location Between Selce and Vejce in the Šar Mountains
Result Death of 8 ARM soldiers
Belligerents

 Macedonia

UÇK
Commanders and leaders

Flag of Macedonia.svg Boris Trajkovski
Flag of Macedonia.svg Pande Petrovski

  • Robert Petkovski  
  • Mile Janevski  
  • Igor Kosteski  
  • Boban Trajkovski  

Ali Ahmeti

  • Ismaili Shinasi - Komandant Hoxha
  • Ceka Iljas - Kjori
  • Ceka Bilal - Brada
Strength
Patrol of 16 Macedonian Special Forces 25–50 National Liberation Army
Casualties and losses
8 killed 1 wounded

 Macedonia

Flag of Macedonia.svg Boris Trajkovski
Flag of Macedonia.svg Pande Petrovski

Ali Ahmeti

The Vejce Ambush occurred when militants of the NLA killed eight soldiers of the ARM, on the late afternoon of 28 April 2001 near Vejce, a village in the Šar Mountains. It was one of the most brutal ambushes of the Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.


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