Gajre ambush
The Gajre ambush or Gajre Massacre occurred when 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 the one of heaviest death tolls for the government forces in a single incident during the Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.[1][2]
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References
- "VEST - Macedonian daily newspaper". 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- "ALFA TV". 2016-03-07. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
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