Vejce ambush

Vejce ambush
Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Date 28 April 2001 at about 5:45 p.m Location Between Selce and Vejce Result NLA victory Anti-Albanian sentiment spreads across the country with Anti-Albanian protests and riots across the city ICTY launches a war crime inquiry in November 2001
Belligerents
Macedonia	National Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Robert Petkovski † Boban Trajkovski † Igor Kosteski † Mile Janevski †	Unknown
Units involved
Macedonian Army Wolves  Macedonian Police Special Support Unit Bitola Unit	112th Brigade "Mujdin Aliu"
Strength
8 soldiers 8 police officers	Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 soldiers killed 1 Humvee destroyed 1 Humvee damaged 4 officers killed 1 Lada Niva destroyed 1 Lada Niva damaged	None

The Vejce ambush (Macedonian: Вејце заседа, romanized: Vejce zaseda), also known by Macedonians as the Vejce massacre (Macedonian: Масакрот во Вејце, romanized: Masakrot vo Vejce), was carried out by the National Liberation Army against a Special Operations Regiment convoy near the village of Vejce during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia. During the attack, eight soldiers were killed.^[1]