Conflict: | Lisec ambush |
Partof: | 2001 insurgency in Macedonia |
Date: | May 22, 2001, at about 7:45 p.m |
Place: | Lisec, Macedonia |
Combatant1: | Macedonian police |
Combatant2: | National Liberation Army |
Commander1: | Stojanče Angelov |
Commander2: | Unknown |
Strength1: | Unknown |
Strength2: | Unknown |
Units1: | "Tigar" Special Police Unit |
Units2: | 112 Brigade |
Casualties1: | 8 wounded[1] 1 destroyed jeep |
Casualties2: | Unknown |
Result: | NLA failure |
The Lisec ambush was an attack carried out by the National Liberation Army (NLA) on a Macedonian police patrol on May 22, 2001.
Weeks before the NLA ambushed a police patrol near Vejce in the Tetovo region killing eight, and a week before in the same region in Lisec a Macedonian patrol was ambushed leaving one injured, the attackers missed the vehicles and failed to stop the patrol.[2]
Fighting in the region of Lisec continued throughout the war and on June 1, 2001, 8 NLA militants were reported killed.[3]