Border Police of North Macedonia
{{short description|Specialist police unit}}
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| nativenamea = Гранична Полиција (Macedonian)
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| patch = Coat of arms of Macedonian Border Police.png
| patchcaption = Patch of Border Police
| flag =
| flagcaption = Flag of Border Police
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| dissolved =
| formedmonthday = May 7
| employees =
| volunteers =
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| country = North Macedonia
| national =
| governingbody = North Macedonia
| oversighttype =
| oversightbody = Ministry of Internal Affairs
| headquarters = Skopje
| speciality1 = border
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| electeetype = Elected minister
| minister1name = Panche Toshkovski
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| website = {{url|mvr.gov.mk}}
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The Border Police (Macedonian: Гранична полиција, Granična policija) is a legal police unit that monitors and protects the borders of North Macedonia. It faced off against 40 armed men on 21 April 2015 with NLA patches. 4 policemen were captured, but were later released.
Vehicles
- 1 Bus Mercedes
- 2 Minibuses Mercedes Sprinter
- 23 Cross-motorcycles Husqvarna
- 17 Ford Focus
- 8 Ford Transit
- 62 Jeeps Land Rover Defender
- 2 Jeeps Land Rover Freelander{{Cite web |title=Dnevnik |url=http://star.dnevnik.com.mk/default.aspx?pbroj=2785&stID=57022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084454/http://star.dnevnik.com.mk/default.aspx?pbroj=2785&stID=57022 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2015-04-29}}
Attacks
{{Main|Gošince attack}}
40 armed men on 21 April 2015 showed up with National Liberation Army (NLA) patches and attacked a border police station located at Gošince, near the Kosovo border. Before they left for Kosovo, they issued this message through an interpreter: "We are from the National Liberation Army. Tell them that neither Ali Ahmeti nor Nikola Gruevski can save you. We do not want any framework agreement and if we see you here again, we will kill you. We want our own state."{{cite news |date=21 April 2015 |title=MKD: Teroristi OVK upali u karaulu |language=sr |publisher=B92 |url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2015&mm=04&dd=21&nav_category=167&nav_id=983125 |id=983125}}{{cite news |date=21 April 2015 |title=Plus info, Macedonia: Terrorists with National Liberation Army attack police station in Gosince |publisher=FOCUS News Agency |url=http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2015/04/21/370083/plus-info-macedonia-terrorists-with-national-liberation-army-attack-police-station-in-gosince.html |url-status=dead |access-date=21 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427004856/http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2015/04/21/370083/plus-info-macedonia-terrorists-with-national-liberation-army-attack-police-station-in-gosince.html |archive-date=27 April 2015 |id=370083}}{{cite news |last=Maroevic |first=Rade |date=21 April 2015 |title=Македонска полиција повратила караулу коју је јутрос заузео УЧК |language=sr |publisher=RTS |url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/ci/story/3/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD/1895591/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0,+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B8+%D1%83+%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0+%D0%A3%D0%A7%D0%9A+%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83+%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%83+%D1%83+%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%83+%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5.html}}
See also
References
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