Battle of Vaksince
| Battle of Vaksince | |||||||||
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| Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Macedonia | National Liberation Army | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Boris Trajkovski Pande Petrovski Ljube Boškoski |
Fadil Nimani † Nazim Bushi Naim Alili Nazmi Sulejmani Hajrulla Misini | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
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2 Mi-24 helicopters 3 T-55 tanks | 50 militants | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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2 soldiers killed 4 soldiers wounded 1 soldier captured |
2 militants killed 1 seriously wounded | ||||||||
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12,000 ethnic Albanian civilians displaced 9,500 fled to Kosovo 2,500 fled to Serbia | |||||||||
A military engagement between the Macedonian security forces and Albanian insurgents belonging to the NLA occurred in the village of Vaksince, which was at the time launching a campaign of guerrilla attacks against facilities of the Macedonian Government, the Macedonian Police force, and the Macedonian Armed Forces.