Karpalak Ambush

The Karpalak Ambush was an operation executed by the NLA that resulted in the deaths of ten soldiers of the ARM, on 7 August 2001. The men, all army reservists, were shot or burned to death when their vehicle caught fire in a hail of gunfire on the main motorway between Skopje and Tetovo. The troops, including two officers, were on their way to reinforce a military base in Tetovo. It was one of the most lethal operations executed by the National Liberation Army.