Ljuboten incident
| Ljuboten incident | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| National Liberation Army (initial attack denied by Ali Ahmeti) | Macedonia | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Muzafer Agushi † | Johan Tarčulovski | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
| 113th Brigade "Ismet Jashari" | |||||
| Strength | |||||
| Unknown | 60-70 reserve policemen | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 1 militant killed | 6 reservists injured | ||||
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10 ethnic Albanian civilians killed Around 150 ethnic Albanians injured Hundreds of ethnic Albanians arrested 14 ethnic Albanian homes burned | |||||
The Ljuboten incident, also known as Ljubotenski Bacila massacre (Macedonian: Масакрот на Љуботенски Бачила, Masakrot na Ljubotenski Bačila) and Luboten massacre, happened in early August 2001, when eight soldiers were killed after a Macedonian Army truck convoy composed of reservists ran over a landmine near the village of Ljuboten and a police operation was led in the village by Johan Tarčulovski afterwards. Tarčulovski was convicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in 2008.