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Smugglers Shot In Firefight On Kosovo Border

May 12 2010

North Macedonia

Four alleged weapons smugglers were killed in a shootout with Macedonian police near the border with Kosovo, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.

The firefight started when border police caught the men transporting weapons into Macedonia, officials said.

Weapons and explosives were found in the van after the gun fight, police said.

Two weeks ago, Macedonia's border police confiscated a large weapons cache following a shootout near the border with Kosovo.

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