Bomb damages rails in northwestern Macedonia

Bomb damages rails in northwestern Macedonia
DPA - March 17, 2003

Kumanovo, Macedonia -- A bomb blast damaged the international Skopje-to-Belgrade rail line in northwestern Macedonia early on Monday, police said.

No one was reported injured in the explosion, which occurred minutes after a local train passed the site of the incident, state- run news agency MIA reported.

Macedonia's Ministry of Interior immediately dispatched an anti- terrorist unit to the Kumanovo area, but no other details were made available.

Tensions in Albanian-dominated northwestern Macedonia increased unexpectedly in 2003, after the underground Albanian National Army announced a "spring offensive".

In a similar incident two weeks ago, two NATO soldiers were killed after a landmine exploded beneath their jeep near Kumanovo.

March 17, 2003, Monday - 13:51 Central European Time

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