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Urgent: Armed men take over police station in N Macedonia

Xinhua, April 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

A group of armed men have entered and forcefully taken over the police station in Goshince, in north Macedonia on Tuesday morning. The armed people presented themselves as members of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

The Macedonian Ministry of Interior confirmed the incident with Xinhua. According to the Ministry's spokesperson Ivo Kotevski, the attackers have taken over the police station disarming four police officers on duty and declaring that they demand forming an independent state. Enditem