Police Wounded in Clashes with Armed Group in Macedonia

Police clashed with an unidentified armed group Saturday in the town of Kumanovo in northern Macedonia, authorities said. Macedonian media reported that at least four police officers were injured in the gunbattle in the ethnically mixed town located about 25 kilometers northeast of the capital, Skopje. There were unconfirmed reports that police and civilians were killed in the exchange of fire. Nearly 40 percent of Kumanovo's 100,000 residents are ethnic Albanians. Speaking to...

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