Tearce attack | |||||||
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Part of 2001 insurgency in Macedonia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
National Liberation Army | Macedonia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
112th Brigade | Macedonian Police | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None |
1 policeman killed[1] 3 injured[2] |
The Tearce attack was an attack carried out by the National Liberation Army on a Macedonian police station in Tearce, North Macedonia. This attack marked the beginning of the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia.[3] As a result of the attack, one police officer was killed and three others were injured and the NLA captured Tearce.[4]