 As a result of the fighting, the Red Cross estimated that 76,000 people fled their homes.Though the major violence ended on the 13th, skirmishes and harassment remained common throughout the Tetovo area.On 14 August, A Macedonian policeman was shot dead by suspected ethnic Albanian rebels in Tetovo, puncturing the fragile ceasefire declared on Sunday as part of a plan to end the six-month rebellion and pave the way for the disarmament of the guerrilla National Liberation Army.