On the occasion of marking the 21st anniversary of the tragic act in ‘Karpalak’ area, where 10 Army members were killed, a delegation of the Army of the Republic of N. Macedonia and the Ministry of Defence, led by the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Vasko Gjurchinovski and the State Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, Dragan Nikolikj, laid wreaths of fresh flowers at ‘Karpalak’.
Army delegations also commemorated the event in front of the memorial complex called Karpalak in the center of Prilep, as well as at the memorial in the military barracks ‘Mirche Acev’ in Prilep.
In the attack on the Army convoy, at Skopje –Tetovo road near the village of Grupchin in the area called Karpalak, on 8th August 2001, Marko Despotoski, Nane Naumovski, Sasho Kitanoski, Branko Sekuloski, Goran Minoski, Erdovan Shabanoski, Ljube Grujoski, Darko Veljanoski, Pece Sekuloski and Vebi Rushidoski, of the Army reserve, at Prilep garrison, lost their lives.
