Battle of Matejče
| Battle of Matejče | |||||||||
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| Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| National Liberation Army | Macedonia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Hajrulla Misini Beqir Sadiku Nazmi Sulejmani Lefter Koxhaj Xhemail Rexhepi |
Vlado Bučkovski Pande Petrovski Blagoja Markovski Ljube Boškoski Stojanče Angelov | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Macedonian Army Macedonian Police "Tigar" Special Police Unit | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 144 militants |
50 officers (start of the battle) Unknown 3 T-55 tanks 20 armoured vehicles Mi-24 helicopters | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 10 militants killed |
1 soldier killed 3 soldiers wounded 1 tank destroyed | ||||||||
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8 Macedonian Serbs abused by NLA Around 20 people kidnapped by NLA Matejče Monastery destroyed by NLA Matejče Mosque destroyed by government shelling | |||||||||
The Battle of Matejče (Macedonian: Битката кај Матејче Albanian: Beteja e Mateçit) was a military confrontation between the National Liberation Army (NLA) and the Macedonian Army in the village of Matejče during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia. The NLA succeeded in capturing the village on 5 June 2001 and the Macedonian Army was forced to withdraw from Matejče. The Macedonian Army continued to shell Matejče until 11 June 2001.