Special Operations Unit (North Macedonia) Explained

Agencyname:	Special Anti-terrorist Unit Специјална антитерористичка единица
Commonname:	Tigers (Macedonian: Тигри)
Abbreviation:	SAU (Macedonian: (САЕ))
Logocaption:	L
Formedyear:	1981^[1]
Formedmonthday:	March 13
Country:	North Macedonia
Legaljuris:	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Governingbody:	Government of North Macedonia
Oversightbody:	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Headquarters:	Skopje
Minister1name:	Oliver Spasovski
Minister1pfo:	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Chief1position:	Minister
Parentagency:	Government of North Macedonia
Website:	www.mvr.gov.mk

The Special Anti-terrorist Unit is a police unit from North Macedonia. It's one of the prestigious divisions in the Police of North Macedonia.

Notable domestic missions

• 2001 Albanian Insurgency
• 2007 Operation Mountain Storm
• 2008 Police action: Ash, (Bajrush clan)
• 2010 Police action: Conductor, (Frankfurt Mafia)
• 2012 Arrests after Smilkovci lake killings
• 2014 Police action: Network, (Grchec clan)
• 2014 Police action: Kalabria, (Nezim clan)
• 2014 Police action: Hammer, (Fadilj Arslani clan)
• 2015 Kumanovo shootings

Foreign missions

Serbia

2014 Floods in Serbia^[1] – 24 men and one Mi-17.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2014 Floods in Bosnia^[1] – 15 men.

See also

• Alpha (Police Unit)
• Special Support Unit
• Rapid Deployment Unit
• Border Police
• Ministry of Internal Affairs
• Police of North Macedonia
• Lake Patrol
• Lions former

External links

• Video about Tigers (in Macedonian)

Notes and References

1. http://mvr.gov.mk/ShowAnnouncements.aspx?ItemID=13280&mid=1367&tabId=358&tabindex=0