2001 anti-Albanian protests

The 2001 anti-Albanian protests in Prilep and Skopje, Macedonia, began after the ambush of a Macedonian Army convoy near Grupčin by National Liberation Army (NLA) and Albanian National Army (ANA) members.

Protests in Prilep
Prilep was the city in which the riots began, as the men who were killed in the ambush were all from there. On 8 August 2001, local ethnic Macedonians began burning ethnic Albanian houses, as well as burning the Čarši Mosque. Albanian shops were also targeted, and rioters broke into the barracks of a supply depot. Reports say six shops and two houses were destroyed.

Protests in Skopje
In Skopje, around 100 local youths threw rocks at shops which they suspected might be owned by ethnic Albanians. Barricades were set up near the parliament building were they shattered shop windows and businesses. Some of the locals looted the shops in both Prilep and Skopje.