Skopje, 10 August 2023 (MIA) - Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska and Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Vasko Gjurchinovski, laid wreaths Thursday at the memorial in the Skopje-based army barracks "Ilinden" to observe 22 years since the death of eight Army reservists in area Ljubotenski Bachila.

Ministry of Defense and Army delegations also paid their respects at the memorials in Gjorche Petrov municipality and the villages of Volkovo and Ljubanci.

On 10 August 2001, an army vehicle hit two planted mines at a road near Ljubotenski Bachila. Skopje garrison reservists Tome Badarovski, Goce Chankulovski, Branko Janev, Tomislav Nastevski, Marjancho Boshkovski, Ivica Zlatevski, Tome Dimovski and Rade Jankovski were killed in the incident. ssh/ik/

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