Events After The General Ceasefire
The General Ceasefire Agreement signed on 5 July 2001 was not respected by the NLA, who proceeded to constantly violate it. According to Macedonian army records, after the signing of the General Ceasefire until the end of August, the NLA executed 139 direct attacks against Macedonian security forces: 117 in Tetovo, 12 in Kumanovo and 10 in Skopje region. The Macedonian security forces returned fire 74 times: 60 times in Tetovo, 7 in Kumanovo and 7 times in Skopje region. There were 81 cases of the NLA kidnapping ethnic Macedonian civilians, with 61 of them being released.
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