Ethnic tensions in FYR Macedonia are re-ignited after weekend of violence
- 9 years ago
Tensions within the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia have been re-ignited by Saturday’s day-long gun battle between police and what the government claims was a terrorist group.
Gun battle in ethnic Albanian region deepens Macedonian crisis http://t.co/HF06QOwF0x— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 10, 2015
The ‘security operation’ took place in Kumanovo which is an ethnically mixed town located about 40 km northeast of the capital Skopje, near the border with Kosovo and Serbia.
Ethnic Albanians who had been evacuated from the area when the security forces moved in, began to return to their homes on Sunday to scenes of destruction and the walls of their homes scarred by bullet holes.
“There were no terrorists here,” said local resident Fehmi Hajdari. “I don’t know even who they could be. Members of the family heard the shots. They were asleep when it started. They came out through that window and hid in the basement until it was safe to come out.”
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Gun battle in ethnic Albanian region deepens Macedonian crisis http://t.co/HF06QOwF0x— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 10, 2015
The ‘security operation’ took place in Kumanovo which is an ethnically mixed town located about 40 km northeast of the capital Skopje, near the border with Kosovo and Serbia.
Ethnic Albanians who had been evacuated from the area when the security forces moved in, began to return to their homes on Sunday to scenes of destruction and the walls of their homes scarred by bullet holes.
“There were no terrorists here,” said local resident Fehmi Hajdari. “I don’t know even who they could be. Members of the family heard the shots. They were asleep when it started. They came out through that window and hid in the basement until it was safe to come out.”
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