Arms Cache Discovered in Kosovo

Kosovo Police said that it discovered a stash of weapons in a car on Thursday in the village of Begrac, near Kacanik, southern Kosovo.

A search of nearby homes and businesses then uncovered more weapons, military uniforms, six boxes of fuses, an automatic rifle, six grenades and detonation wires.

The incident came after another stash of weapons were found near Blace on the Macedonian side of the border.

Macedonian police earlier on Thursday seized personal firearms and explosives hidden in several bunkers in the mountainous terrain near the border with Kosovo.

Local media reported that several armed and uniformed men who were guarding the weapons opened fire on the special police forces after which they fled to Kosovo. Macedonian A1 TV reported at least one armed man was wounded by police.

The arsenal of arms reportedly contained many weapons, including machine guns, manual missile launchers, anti-tank mines, explosives, and detonators.