Terrorists eliminated, leaders Kosovo Albanians
The police operation in Kumanovo launched on Saturday morning has been ended, and a terrorist group comprising over 40 persons has been eliminated, Ivo Koteski, spokesperson of the Macedonian Ministry of the Interior, has said
The leaders of the group are notorious Muhamed Krasnici, Mirsad Ndrecaj, Sami Uksini, Beg Rizaj and Dene Sehu, the minister stated.
They are Kosovo Albanians who have been linked to formation of numerous terrorist and extremist groups in the region, Kotevski said, adding that so far only the identity of Mirsad Ndrecaj has not been confirmed.
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He said that 14 bodies in uniforms have been found to this point, including Dzafer Zumberi from Djakovica, Kosovo-Metohija and one Albanian citizen, while all the others are Macedonian citizens.
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The operation claimed the lives of eight police officers and left 37 injured. There is still no information about possible victims among civilians, Koteski said.
(Telegraf.co.uk/ Tanjug)