Ambush near Gajre
| Ambush near Gajre | |||||||
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| Part of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| National Liberation Army | Macedonia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Isak Rufati † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown | Macedonian Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 11 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None |
5 soldiers killed 7 soldiers wounded | ||||||
Ethnic Albanian militants of the National Liberation Army killed five soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia on 5 June 2001 near Gajre, a village in the Šar Mountains, North Macedonia. It represents one of the heaviest death tolls for the government forces in a single incident during the insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.