Brest attack

The Brest ambush was an ambush by Albanian rebels of the NLA, near the village of Brest on 10 March 2001 during the insurgency in Macedonia.[4][5][6] Albanian rebels ambushed a Macedonian convoy composed of predominantly ethnic Albanian officers, after they were defeated and forced to withdraw by KFOR troops in the village of Tanuševci.

Brest ambush
Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Date10 March 2001
Location
Brest, Čučer-Sandevo, North Macedonia
Result

NLA victory

  • Insurgency spreads to wider parts in Macedonia[1]
  • Macedonian security forces seal off the area[2]
  • NLA takes Molino and Brest[1]
  • Macedonian convoy manages to withdraw[3][4]
Belligerents
National Liberation Army  Macedonia
Commanders and leaders
Xhezair Shaqiri Boris Trajkovski
Units involved
113th Brigade "Ismet Jashari" Law enforcement in the Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Police
Strength
unknown (about 40) 100 Policemen[3]
Casualties and losses
1 killed 1 killed
2 wounded

Ambush

After the Tanuševci operation a Macedonian police convoy was sent to establish presence near the border to Kosovo and to try to prevent an Albanian insurgency from taking hold in the area, but found itself trapped in an ambush by the NLA.[1] Immediately after the ambush an hour-long battle involving artillery and heavy mortars erupted, after which most of the Macedonian convoy managed to escape.[1][6] After the firefight the NLA established control in Molino and Brest and the insurgency spread to wider parts of the country.[1]

References
  1. "Rebel Ambush Traps Macedonian Police and 2 Officials". The New York Times. 10 March 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. "Rebel Ambush Traps Macedonian Police and 2 Officials". The New York Times. 10 March 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2022. Later today, Macedonian police officers in flak jackets and helmets barred the narrow mountain road that winds up to the villages of Brest and Gusince. The shooting had quieted down about dawn, they said, but the convoy had not moved for fear of mines on the unpaved road.
  3. "Ceasefire hopes for Kosovo borders". CNN. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. "Ethnic Albanian Extremists Ambush Macedonian Vehicle,Killing Policeman". People's Daily. 9 March 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2023. Police have sent reinforcement to the area and managed to evacuate the convoy. The area has also been sealed off, the source said.
  5. "Vulnerability of former Yugoslav NATO (Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia) and non-NATO (Bosnia- Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia) states", Defending Eastern Europe, Manchester University Press, 24 August 2021, doi:10.7765/9781526147578.00013, ISBN 9781526147578, S2CID 242656223, retrieved 20 November 2022
  6. "Macedonian convoy escapes ambush". BBC. 9 March 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

5.https://balkaninsight.com/2015/04/28/macedonia-police-claims-one-suspect-in-terrorist-attack/

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