Lisec ambush | |||||||
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Part of 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Macedonian police | National Liberation Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Stojanče Angelov | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
"Tigar" Special Police Unit | 112 Brigade | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
8 wounded[1] 1 destroyed jeep | Unknown |
The Lisec ambush was an attack carried out by the National Liberation Army (NLA) on a Macedonian police patrol on May 22, 2001.[1]
Weeks before the NLA ambushed a police patrol near Vejce in the Tetovo region killing eight, and a week before in the same region in Lisec a Macedonian patrol was ambushed leaving one injured, the attackers missed the vehicles and failed to stop the patrol.[2]
Fighting in the region of Lisec continued throughout the war and on June 1, 2001, 8 NLA militants were reported killed.[3]