Ambush near Gajre
| Gajre ambush | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 National Liberation Army |
 Macedonia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Samidin Xhezairi |
 Isak Rufati † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
|
112th Brigade "Mujdin Aliu" |
Army of the Republic of Macedonia | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
|
unknown |
unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
none |
5 killed 6 wounded | ||||||
The Gajre ambush or Gajre Massacre occurred when ethnic Albanian rebels of the National Liberation Army killed five soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia on 5 June 2001 near Gajre, a village in the Šar Mountains, North Macedonia. It represents the one of heaviest death tolls for the government forces in a single incident during the Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.[1][2]
References
- ^ "VEST - Macedonian daily newspaper". 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ "ALFA TV". 2016-03-07. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-03-12.