Treboš ambush

The Treboš ambush was an attack carried out by the National Liberation Army (NLA) against a convoy of the Special Police Unit "Lions" near the village of Treboš on 11 November 2001. 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[4] suspected of containing the bodies of 13 Macedonian civilians kidnapped by the NLA[5][6]

Treboš Ambush
Part of 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Date11 November 2001
Location
Treboš, North Macedonia
Result Police action leading to the arrest of the perpetrators of the ambush[1]
Belligerents
National Liberation Army  North Macedonia
Commanders and leaders
Ali Ahmeti Boris Trajkovski
Ljube Boskoski
Goran Stojkov
Goran Georgievski
Units involved
112th Brigade "Mujdin Aliu" Special Police Unit "Lions"
Strength
5-20 militants 60 members of the security forces
Casualties and losses
25 arrested[2] 3 killed
3 wounded[3]
70 Macedonian civilians abducted

References
  1. "Kidnappings threaten Macedonia peace". BBC News.
  2. "Kidnappings threaten Macedonia peace". BBC News.
  3. "Загинаа тројца „лавови"". Time.mk. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  4. "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.
  5. "Архива". time.mk. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  6. "VEST - Macedonian daily newspaper". 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
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