Treboš ambush

Treboš Ambush
Date 11 November 2001 Location Treboš, Macedonia Result Macedonian security forces secure mass grave^[3]^[4] Police action leading to the arrest of the perpetrators of the ambush^[5]^[4] 100 Macedonian civilians abducted by ANA, after a police action all civilians released^[6]^[7]
Belligerents
Albanian National Army^[1] National Liberation Army^[2] (Denied from NLA)	Macedonia
Commanders and leaders
Xhemail Rexhepi^[2] Alban Perishi	Goran Stojkov Goran Georgievski
Units involved
Unknown Unknown	Lions
Strength
5-20 militants Unknown	60 members of the security forces
Casualties and losses
Unknown	3 killed 3 wounded^[8]
100 Macedonian civilians abducted, after a police action all civilians released^[6]^[7] 7 suspected ANA members arrested^[7]^[5]

The Treboš ambush was an attack carried out by the Albanian National Army (ANA) against a convoy of the Special Police Unit "Lions" near the village of Treboš on 11 November 2001. The Macedonian government accused the NLA of setting up the ambush but the NLA denied responsibility, instead a group known as the ANA claimed responsibility. The ambush occurred after the war of 2001 officially ended with the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement when members of the special Macedonian police forces were attacked on the road to Treboš where they were supposed to secure a mass grave^[9] suspected of containing the bodies of 13 Macedonian civilians kidnapped by the NLA.^[10][11]

References

1. . The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2022. In a statement yesterday, a dissident ethnic Albanian group calling itself the Albanian National Army claimed responsibility for the killings, saying: "The Skopje government is restarting its terror and sees war as the only response to Albanian demands."
2. . The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2022. It added: "The arrest of the seven Albanians has led to the killing of three Slav [Macedonian] paramilitaries and the wounding of more of them. It all happened in clashes with our units under commander Shqiponja 5 [Eagle 5]."
3. "Remains of Macedonians found in mass grave". The New York Times. Agence France-Presse. 22 November 2001. from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022. The excavation was ordered by Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski, a hard-line Macedonian nationalist, who sent a special police unit to the area
4. "Macedonia erupts in new violence". CNN.com. CNN. from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022. Bloodshed erupted on Sunday after special police units crossed unguarded cease-fire lines and secured an alleged mass grave site for exhumation while arresting a number of former ethnic Albanian guerrillas.
5. "Kidnappings threaten Macedonia peace". BBC News. 12 November 2001.
6. "Macedonia erupts in new violence". CNN.com. CNN. from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022. SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Three policemen have been killed and about 100 Macedonians abducted or held hostage in a sudden escalation of violence in the volatile Balkan country.
7. "Rebels kill three policemen in Macedonia". The Guardian. Associated Press. 13 November 2001. from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022. Three policemen have been killed and about 100 people abducted or held hostage in a sudden escalation of violence in Macedonia. The interior minister, Ljube Boskovski, said that all captives were reported released by midday yesterday.
8. "Загинаа тројца "лавови"". Time.mk. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
9. "Amnesty International February 2003 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia "Where are they now"? Their families need to know! Alleged "disappearances"1 and abductions in 2001" (PDF). Amnesty International.
10. "Архива". time.mk. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
11. . 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-03-06.