Battle of Vaksince
2001 battle in Macedonia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Vaksince was a military engagement between the Macedonian security forces and Albanian insurgents belonging to the NLA, 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.[19][20]
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12,000 ethnic Albanian civilians displaced[18][3] 9,500 fled to Kosovo 2,500 fled to Serbia |
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