Eight police, 14 alleged gunmen killed in Macedonia unrest
Some of the killed wore uniforms of Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army
10 May, 18:54
(ANSA-AP) - SKOPJE - Authorities say eight police officers and 14 alleged members of an armed group have been killed in fighting in the northern Macedonian town of Kumanovo.
Interior Ministry spokesman Ivo Kotevski said Sunday 37 other police officers have been wounded in the clashes that started Saturday. He said police have found bodies of 14 individuals believed to be members of the armed group. Some of the killed wore uniforms with insignia of the disbanded ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army, or UCK. No identification documents were found on the deceased.
Kotevski told reporters the police operation is over and "one of the most dangerous terrorists groups in the Balkan has been neutralized." Kotevski named five leaders of the 44 member group, all citizens of Kosovo, as founders of paramilitary structures. (ANSA-AP).
