 On 28 April 2001, eight Macedonian police officers were killed in the Vejce Ambush in an NLA ambush.Reports concluded that the attackers must have been informed by radio about the route of the police vehicle.Macedonian sources disclosed that the ambush was executed by Ismail Shinasi (alias Komandant Hoxha), Ceka Ilaz (alias Komandant Qori) and Ceka Bilal (alias Komandant Brada) – all three, and most of their people, were born in Kosovo and were veteran members of the Kosovo Liberation Army.