Incident Summary:

08/24/2001: Ethnic Albanian guerrillas attacked the police checkpoint near the city stadium for a second time in Tetovo, Macedonia. No injuries were reported.

GTD ID:
200108240006

When:
2001-08-24

Country:
Macedonia

Region:
Eastern Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Tetovo

City:
Tetovo

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity Macedonian Law Enforcement
Specific Description Police Checkpoint near the City Stadium in Tetovo, Macedonia
Nationality of Target Macedonia
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Automatic Weapon
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?Yes
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
National Liberation Army (NLA) (Macedonia) No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
“FYROM Police Say Albanians Attacking Checkpoints in Tetovo Area,” MIA, August 24, 2001.