Vejce ambush

Vejce ambush
Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Date28 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
Unknowm
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, romanizedVejce zaseda), also known by Macedonians as the Vejce massacre (Macedonian: Масакрот во Вејце, romanizedMasakrot 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]

  1. ^ "8 soldiers slain in ambush near Albanian region". Chicago Tribune. 29 April 2001. Retrieved 5 February 2015.