Ambush near Gajre

Ambush near Gajre
Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Date5 June 2001
Location
Between Gajre and Šipkovica, Macedonia
Result NLA victory
Belligerents
National Liberation Army  Macedonia
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Army of the Republic of Macedonia Isak Rufati †
Units involved
Unknown Army of the Republic of Macedonia Macedonian army
Strength
Unknown 11 soldiers[1]
Casualties and losses
None 5 killed[2]
7 wounded[3]

Ethnic Albanian rebels of the National Liberation Army killed five soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia on 5 June 2001 near Gajre, a village in the Šar Mountains, North Macedonia. It represents one of the heaviest death tolls for the government forces in a single incident during the insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b "Потсетник за загинатите бранители кај Гајре". ALFA TV (in Macedonian). 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ https://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/06/07/macedonia.riot/
  3. ^ "Macedonian troops attack rebels".
  4. ^ "Убиени уште петмина војници на АРМ". VEST (in Macedonian). 7 June 2001. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2022.