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The Police were subject to scrutiny during Albanian riots on 9 July 1997 when protesters collected in the western town of Gostivar. Over 200 were wounded and three killed (two shot, one beaten to death) [12] in a resulting clash with police riot squads, and the Humans Rights Watch investigated allegations of police brutality. [12]
Police in North Macedonia said Saturday they found 77 migrants in the country’s south and arrested seven Pakistanis suspected of human trafficking. The 77 included 52 Syrians, 13 Pakistanis ...
The Border Police (Macedonian: Гранична полиција; Albanian: Policia Kufitare) is a legal police unit that monitors and protects the borders of North Macedonia. It faced off against 40 armed men on 21 April 2015 with NLA patches. 4 policemen were captured, but were later released.
A shootout between the Macedonian police and the armed group identifying itself as the NLA erupted. [17] [22] The armed group used automatic rifles, sniper rifles, and grenades against the police, and were said by officials to be well-trained. [23] The Macedonian police suffered 3 dead and 12 were wounded in the morning. [6]
Police said in a statement the accident was reported by the National Crisis Center. Authorities in North Macedonia say a migrant was electrocuted as he tried to descend from the roof of a train ...
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The unit was formed in mid-2001 by the then-interior minister Ljube Boškoski during the insurgency in Macedonia. He named the unit after the hotel he owned in Croatia and his brand of wine. [2] It was an unauthorized entity of former police and military reservists. [3] Most were also members of VMRO-DPMNE and some had criminal records. [4]
On March 13, 1981, the unit was established in SR Macedonia (now North Macedonia). [3] The unit was involved in the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia. [4] On March 29, Tigers along with the military units Wolves and Scorpions took over Tanuševci. In the battle of Aračinovo, the Tigers and Wolves failed to stop the rebels' defense line.