Macedonia: Police clash with armed group, 4 officers wounded
May 9, 2015, 4:24 AM
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in Macedonia say police have clashed with an armed group in the northern town of Kumanovo, and parts of the town have been sealed off.
Macedonia’s state-run news agency MIA reported that four police officers were injured by gunfire, and three of them were taken to a hospital the capital, Skopje.
Interior ministry spokesman Ivo Kotevski said the police operation information that an armed group is operating in the region of Kumanovo, a 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Skopje.
Kotevski offered no more details about the group targeted by the police operation.
The incident came a day after thousands of opposition supporters joined nationwide protests against alleged police brutality.
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