2001 anti-Albanian protests | |||
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Part of the aftermath of the Karpalak ambush | |||
Date | 8 August 2001 – 9 August 2001 (1 day) | ||
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Death(s) | none | ||
Injuries | none |
The 2001 anti-Albanian protests in Prilep and Skopje, Macedonia, began after the ambush of a Macedonian Army convoy near Grupčin by National Liberation Army (NLA) and Albanian National Army (ANA) members.[1][2][3]
Prilep was the city in which the riots began, as the men who were killed in the ambush were all from there. On 8 August 2001, local ethnic Macedonians began burning ethnic Albanian houses, as well as burning the Čarši Mosque.[4][5][6][7][8] Albanian shops were also targeted, and rioters broke into the barracks of a supply depot.[6] Reports say six shops and two house were destroyed.[7]
In Skopje, around 100 local youths threw rocks at shops which they suspected might be owned by ethnic Albanians.[9] Barricades were set up near the parliament building were they shattered shop windows and businesses.[7] Some of the locals looted the shops in both Prilep and Skopje.[10]