Skopje, 10 August 2023 (MIA) - Delegations will lay wreaths Thursday at several memorials across Skopje to mark 22 years since the death of eight Army reservists in area Ljubotenski Bachila.

Ministry of Defense and Army delegations led by Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Vasko Gjurchinovski, will pay their respects at the memorials in Gjorche Petrov municipality and the villages of Volkovo and Ljubanci.

A delegation led by Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska will lay a wreath at the memorial in Skopje-based army barracks "Ilinden".

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.

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