[3] As a result of the attack, one police officer was killed and three others were injured and the NLA captured Tearce.

[4] The attack took place on 22 January 2001, on a Monday at 2:00 AM in the village of Tearce, which is inhabited largely by ethnic Albanians.

[6][7][8] The injuries were believed to have been sustained from the two grenades fired at the station.

Police spokesman Stevo Pendarovski reported, "These extreme radical individuals are not part of an organised group.

[4][11] It was designated as a terrorist attack by the Macedonian Ministry of Interior.