Special Operations Unit (North Macedonia)
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| Special Anti-terrorist Unit Специјална антитерористичка единица | |
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| Common name | Tigers (Macedonian: Тигри) |
| Abbreviation | SAU (Macedonian: (САЕ)) |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | March 13, 1981[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | North Macedonia |
| Legal jurisdiction | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
| Governing body | Government of North Macedonia |
| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
| Headquarters | Skopje |
| Elected officer responsible | |
| Parent agency | Government of North Macedonia |
| Website | |
| www.mvr.gov.mk | |
The Special Anti-terrorist Unit is a police unit from North Macedonia.[2][3] It's one of the prestigious divisions in the Police of North Macedonia.
Notable domestic missions
[edit]- 2001 Albanian Insurgency
- 2007 Operation Mountain Storm
- 2008 Police action: Ash, (Bajrush clan)
- 2010 Police action: Conductor, (Frankfurt Mafia)
- 2012 Arrests after Smilkovci lake killings
- 2014 Police action: Network, (Grchec clan)
- 2014 Police action: Kalabria, (Nezim clan)
- 2014 Police action: Hammer, (Fadilj Arslani clan)
- 2015 Kumanovo shootings
Foreign missions
[edit]Serbia
[edit]2014 Floods in Serbia[1] – 24 men and one Mi-17.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
[edit]2014 Floods in Bosnia[1] – 15 men.
See also
[edit]
- Alpha (Police Unit)
- Special Support Unit
- Rapid Deployment Unit
- Border Police
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Police of North Macedonia
- Lake Patrol
- Lions former
References
[edit]- ^ a b c http://mvr.gov.mk/ShowAnnouncements.aspx?ItemID=13280&mid=1367&tabId=358&tabindex=0 [dead link]
- ^ Mina, (February 22, 2024) ""The police of Montenegro and North Macedonia agreed on cooperation in the field of criminal intelligence..." Vijesti, News, 2024, https://en.vijesti.me/amp/695311/of-the-police-of-Montenegro-and-North-Macedonia-agreed-on-cooperation-in-the-field-of-criminal-intelligence-activities, Date accessed: September 7, 2024
- ^ Reuters in Kumanovo, (May 11, 2015) "Violence between Macedonia police and 'terrorists' increases scrutiny of PM" The Guardian, Guardian News & Media Limited, 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/11/macedonia-violence-nikola-gruevski-government, Date accessed: September 7, 2024
External links
[edit]- Video about Tigers[dead link] (in Macedonian)
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