Renewed fighting broke out today in northern Macedonia, with continuous exchanges of heavy artillery and machine gun fire near Slupcane, reporters on the scene said.
Reports say the fighting occurred in the village of Opaje, a stronghold of ethnic Albanian guerrillas who say they are fighting for equal rights for minority Albanians with the country's majority Slavs.
The fighting followed incidents overnight in the area near Macdedonia's border with Kosovo between rebels from the self-styled National Liberation Army and government forces.
Army spokesman Colonel Blagoja Markovski said the soldiers were responding to "provocation" by the guerrillas.
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