Aračinovo

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Aračinovo (Macedonian Cyrillic: Арачиново, Albanian: Haraçinës) is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, north of Skopje. It is the seat of Aračinovo municipality. Aračinovo is one of the larger villages in Republic of Macedonia with a population of about 7,000.

During the 2001 Macedonia conflict, it was occupied by ethnic Albanian rebels. Later, during violence of the 2008 parliamentary election, a gunman in Aračinovo opened fire on security police.[1] One person was killed and several people were wounded.[2]

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  1. ^ http://www.france24.com/en/20080601-violence-continues-check-macedonian-vote-elections&navi=MONDE
  2. ^ http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5guhqWS1P92Ymzfh-hNQ1w6fIfcXw
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