Macedonia Minister's Car Ambushed
.c The Associated Press
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) - Gunmen ambushed a car carrying Macedonia's
interior
minister and several Macedonian journalists Sunday evening, but the car
was
able to evade the gunfire and no one was injured, officials said.
The attack happened at about 6 p.m. on the main highway linking Skopje,
the
capital, to Tetovo, Macedonia's second-largest city. Interior Minister
Ljube
Boskovski, accompanied by journalists with state-run television, was
trying
to visit returning refugees when the attack took place.
Gunfire rang out from both sides of the highway as the car was near the
village of Grupcin. The ambush happened as key government and ethnic
Albanian
leaders were engaged in peace talks in the southwestern city of Ohrid.
In a statement, Boskovksi blamed the attack on ethnic Albanian rebels
fighting an insurgency, and he called on ``the police and the army to
establish control over the entire Macedonian territory.''
``Not a single smart man can trust terrorists any longer,'' the
statement
said. ``We have to prepare and be ready to regain lost territory.''
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