Shops and caf s of Albanians were attacked and demolished by a crowd of hooligans. Three people were wo unded, one of them died on his way to hospital. With this upsurge of violence, the chances of a fruitful political dialogue between the government, Albanian political parties and the Macedonian opposition seem zero. Observers feel that is exactly what the rebels, who call themselves the U K, the National Liberation Army, aim to achieve. Especially since the rebels don't want the crisis talks in Skopje to succeed.
Civil war appears dangerously close in Macedonia.
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