Brest attack
| Brest attack | |||||||||
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| Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| National Liberation Army | Macedonia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Xhezair Shaqiri Nazmi Sulejmani |
Ljube Boškoski Refet Elmazi Aleksandar Dončev | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| 113th Brigade "Ismet Jashari" | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 30+ militants (police estimate) | 100 policemen | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 1 militant killed | 1 policemen killed | ||||||||
The National Liberation Army (NLA) committed an attack near the village of Brest on 9 March 2001 during the insurgency in Macedonia. The NLA ambushed a Macedonian convoy, after they were defeated and forced to withdraw by KFOR troops in the village of Tanuševci.